How China's investment affects Sino-Africa relations

Castro Amponsah-Yeboah
2020 unpublished
China's investment in Africa is embraced by African governments due to the unattached conditionalities and the non-interference foreign policy of their investment compared to western investments. Africa is still lagging behind the rest of the world in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) or Agenda 2030. This study seeks to add to the existing literature on Chinese investment and sustainable development in Africa. The study focused on the reviewing SDGs in Africa and Chinese
more » ... ent in four selected countries: Kenya, Zambia, Mozambique, and Ghana. The study further analysed whether Chinese investment aid or derails the case study countries in achieving their SDGs or not. A structured focused comparison method was used in the study to answer the research question and test the study's hypothesis. Factors such as "environmental", "economic", and "well-being" were enumerated in the research as the key factors hindering sustainable development goals in the case study countries. Findings from the study revealed that Chinese investment hinders achieving sustainable development goals in the study countries.
doi:10.25365/thesis.63906 fatcat:xscctkqfercjnmx7an3swq7coi