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China Isn’t the Solution to Africa’s Industrialization Dilemma

File image of an Ethiopian worker assembling footwear at the Chinese-owned Huajian shoe factory in the Hawassa Industrial Park. AFP / Ben Dooley

There is going to be a lot of talk at the upcoming Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) summit that will take place in Beijing in early September about the need for African countries to move up the value supply chain.

African delegations are going to speak at length about their desire for Chinese companies to move more manufacturing to the continent and to invest in industrialization.

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by Eric Olander

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