Ambassador of Uganda to China says more tourism infrastructure will fuel sustainable economic growth.
Former Kenyan Prime Minister and Orange Democratic Movement leader Raila Odinga is in China for an eight-day visit.
Stephen Karingi, of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, says he thinks China has a critical role to play as a result of its increased engagement with Africa.
Ethiopia aims to build itself into the manufacturing hub of Africa within six years, and China can have a key role in ensuring it achieves that goal, says a senior Ethiopian diplomat.
The pace of Chinese investment in Africa has picked up considerably in recent years, and voices against it in the international media have become a lot more muted.
Countries across the continent set to embrace arrival of $100 billion BRICS bank.
Relations between China and Zambia are growing in leaps and bounds, just as the friendship between China and Africa is flourishing.
Zambia was the first developing country in southern Africa to establish diplomatic relations with China. Over the years, these good relations have included increasing economic and trade ties.
Senegal and China have similar histories and now face the same challenge of realizing the dream of building prosperous countries, says China's ambassador to Senegal, Xia Huang.
As China maintains its position as the top trader with Africa, efforts must be made to ensure that trade between the two remains balanced, says former US ambassador to Ethiopia and Burkina Faso.
Ethiopian President Mulatu Teshome believes China's investment in Africa is like a new Marshall Plan that is transforming the fortunes of the continent.
Michael Power believes too many people in the investment world have "hissy fits" about minor movements in China's growth rate.