China’s Infrastructure Partnerships in Africa Require Strategising Developmental Needs Over Debt Risks and Security Vulnerabilities

Analysis in brief: Through investment in the energy, information and communications technology and transportation sectors, the People’s Republic of China has vastly expanded Africa’s essential developmental infrastructure. Such assistance also brings financial and political benefits to China. These projects are financed through interest-bearing loans from Chinese state banks, and Chinese state companies are financially rewarded. […]

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Hunan, The Powerhouse Tasked With China’s Africa Trade Strategy

By Philip Myburgh, Group Head of Trade: Business and Commercial Banking, Standard Bank Group When most people think of Africa-China trade, their minds jump to Beijing, Shanghai or Shenzhen. However, one of the biggest drivers of this relationship is not a coastal megacity, it is a landlocked province you have likely never heard of before. […]

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