Chinese Overproduction and American Tariffs Set Back African Industrialization

 ZNetwork published on 28 December 2025 an analysis titled "Africa Deindustrializes Due to China's Overproduction and Trump Tariffs" by Patrick Bond.

African industrialization has struggled for decades but is now further hindered by China's overproduction and massive exports to Africa and Trump's new tariffs on African exports and the end of the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act. 

Shaping the Future of Africa-China Engagement

 The Collectif pour le Renouveau Africain (CORA or Collective for African Renewal) published in October 2023 a 313 page report titled "Shaping the Future of Africa-China Engagement" edited by Folashade Soule.  

Written from an African perspective, the report's goal is to engage both scholars and African policymakers to rethink how the Africa-China relationship can be better rebalanced in order to address its inherent structural asymmetries and benefit Africa more.  It consists of 8 contributions (6 in English and 2 in French) that investigate how Africa-China relations impact the political economy of African states, and how both governmental and non-governmental African actors organize and benefit or not from these relationships.

The report is structured around the following four thematic topics: (1) enhancing governance frameworks in Africa-China relations; (2) strengthening local agency in Africa-China negotiations; (3) redefining labor norms and practices in Africa-China projects; and (4) reinforcing societal issues in Africa-China governmental engagement.  

It contains the following contributions:

--The Digital Silk Road and Emerging African Data Governance Frameworks: Evidence from Egypt by Tin Hinane el Kadi, London School of Economics

--People-Centered Engagement: Ghanaians' Perspectives on Ghana-China Security Relations by Sulley Ibrahim, Conflict Research Network West Africa

--Limited Local Agency? Local Community Benefits and Challenges in Chinese Funded Infrastructure Projects in Kenya by Oscar Otele, University of Nairobi

--Kambele: Une Exploitation Miniere Camerounaise a Visage Chinois? by Nya Mbessa Merlin Brice, University of Yaounde

--Chinese Miners, Community Resistance and Collaboration in Ghana by Isaac Odoom, Carleton University

--Twyford Ceramics: Un Capitalisme Chinois en Afrique? - Position Paper by Ibrahima Niang, University of Cheikh Anta Diop

--(Re-)Defining the Role of the African University in Africa-China Relations by Abdul-Gafar Tobi Oshodi, Lagos State University

--A Case of Several Asymmetries: Integrating Racial Questions into Africa-China Governmental Relations by Runako Celina, Black Livity China

US Needs To Create Capital Markets in Africa to Compete with China

Foreign Policy published on 31 January 2019 a commentary titled "American Markets Can Beat Chinese Money in Africa" by Eliot Pence, Anduril Industries.

The author argues that if the Trump administration is serious about addressing Chinese competition in Africa, it needs to promote the American way of doing business: competitively, transparently, and efficiently. This can be done by developing capital markets in Africa that will provide ways for U.S. investors to participate in the continent's growth.

While the idea is a good one, it does not explain adequately how you get there. With a few exceptions, American companies have not been enthusiastic about investing in Africa. It is essential to change this mindset before there will be a significant increase in investment in Africa.