China and the U.S. presented competing visions for development in Africa this week as several leaders from the continent attended Beijing's Belt and Road Forum marking the 10-year anniversary of the global infrastructure initiative.
The Belt and Road Initiative, which aims to connect the world through trade by investing billions of dollars in land and sea infrastructure projects, has broadened over the last decade.The Chinese president announced $100 billion in new funding and promised to"work with all parties involved to deepen Belt and Road partnerships, usher this cooperation into a new stage of high-quality development and make relentless efforts to achieve modernization for all countries.
In addition to hard infrastructure, Nantulya said Xi's focus going forward would address calls from African leaders for projects that create added value, including industrialization, green energy and training.Green energy and value addition are also target areas for the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden as it attempts to increase engagement with Africa.
That mode"is one that's based in partnership and has at its core the ability for African partners to climb the value chain of those resources instead of simply having them be extracted and taken overseas for processing," he said. While China has been investing in African infrastructure for years, the White House's announcement may signal the U.S.is also jumping into the infrastructure game on the continent.
"China has a special place, no doubt, to have the ability to enhance the competitiveness of Africa," Ruto said during the Belt and Road Forum."President Ruto's administration took a more than semidetached approach to its relationship with China and pivoted back towards its established partners in the West ahead of this visit to China," said Aly-Khan Satchu, an economic analyst based in Nairobi.
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