Setting up a manufacturing business in Africa is a tough assignment. But for many Chinese businesspeople facing dwindling profits at home, the lure of fresh markets and a potentially huge consumer base outweigh the difficulties.
Chinese investment in Africa has grown rapidly in recent years, and its scope has gradually widened. Infrastructure construction contracts that predominated until 2006 are now just part of the mix, alongside agriculture, catering, clothing and textiles, energy, financial services, heavy industry, high-tech, manufacturing, processing, telecommunications and transport. The form of investment has also evolved, from initial early-stage investment to setting up factories and building oil refineries.
Chinese companies are helping urbanization, industrialization in africa with their outreach moves
Few Chinese private company bosses are as ambitious as Lu Qiyuan.
He Liehui is a private business owner who has set up an African base to export goods to Europe and the United States.
Private companies are set to spearhead China's overseas business expansion over the next decade, according to a new report.
Africa is a golden investment opportunity that offers rich rewards for investors
State-to-state relations between China and African countries at the macro-level have driven more Chinese enterprises into Africa.
Fifty years after China sent its first overseas medical team to Africa it has renewed its commitment to the continent.
Former US president Bill Clinton believes the United States must try to create a future it can share with China instead of pursuing a "zero-sum game", especially in Africa.
Chinese doctors working in Africa face tough conditions, but the rewards are priceless.
The message from the recent Ministerial Forum on China-Africa Health Development in Beijing was clear: Solidarity on global health is essential and imperative. It is value for money. It saves lives.
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