How China is expanding influence in Africa through construction of ports
Construction workers at Lamu port in Kenya on August 27, 2019. China is expanding its influence in Africa by building and controlling key ports from Kenya to Djibouti, reshaping trade and regional power.
China’s rapid construction of ports in Africa has become its latest tool of influence, in the wake of rising scramble for trade, investment and mineral resource opportunities by the world’s economic powers.
Beijing’s fingerprints are seen on these inlets from Kenya, Tanzania to Djibouti on the eastern African coast, with at least 17 recent port projects undertaken by Chinese companies in Africa.
