Development assistance for Africa from traditional partners has mostly focused on how to best use the continent's natural resources. But something has been missing.
Akinwumi Adesina would like to compare his five development strategies for Africa as five fingers - but to have all the fingers function well, he says, China's cooperation is inevitable.
One morning in 1998, David Leffman awoke with a desert-dry throat, a thumping hangover and a notebook littered with jottings about an uprising in the 1860s that resulted in the deaths of 3 million people.
Arthur R. Kroeber believes the debate about the China economy is almost always too polarized.
Germany's ranks of small and medium-sized enterprises, especially so-called hidden champions, have been key to drawing more Chinese investment, and the trend shows no signs of abating, according to Hermann Simon, one of the country's most influential business thinkers.
Philani Mthembu says the US is being hypocritical when it warns African leaders of the dangers of deepening relations with China when Washington itself is Beijing's largest trading partner.
Those who criticize China's involvement in Africa's development would do well to keep in mind how the partnerships already have helped African nations achieve some of their key medium-term goals, says the man running Kenya's long-term development plan.
Max von Zedtwitz believes the Chinese may not only be the first to land a man on Mars, but also the first to cure cancer.
China has the potential to be a leader in world advances through dialogue about strengthening healthcare equity and coverage, says Lincoln Chen, president of the China Medical Board.
Paul Mason believes that people innocently sharing free music on the Internet - as is particularly the case in China -could spell the end of capitalism.
John Man, a leading writer on China, is unconcerned about being described as a popular historian.
Elizabeth Sidiropoulos believes Europe feels "slighted" by China's new economic engagement with Africa.
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