China in Africa: A study of Chinese Foreign Direct Investment in Kenya, Nigeria and Morocco

• Main Authors: Khaoula Abou El Hassan, 木蘭
• Other Authors: 朱美琴
• Format: Others
• Language: en_US
• Published: 2019
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/rg2k7z

碩士 === 南臺科技大學 === 商管專業學院 === 107 === Since the early 2000s, Africa's relations with the rest of the world were shaped as a result of the postcolonial world. The continent, thanks to being home to so many economies in relatively early stages of development, is experiencing a relentless fast growth. With the rapid increase of the African’s gross domestic product (GDP), new partners, particularly emerging countries, are drawn to the continent, and compete with the region’s traditional partners such as the US and the EU. Although China’s presence in Africa predates most newcomers, it takes on the role of the figurehead of this movement as much through the intensity of the exchanges and the scope of concerned activities as through the geographical diversity of its deployment. Today, The People's Republic of China (PRC) has become the largest trading partner on the African continent and one of the largest investors. All across the continent, the Middle Kingdom is playing part in different projects transforming the African economies. But they are many inequalities and strong variations between the different African countries. The purpose of this study is to understand Sino-African relations through an analysis of Chinese Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) in three countries; Nigeria, Kenya and Morocco, where the Chinese investments have been increasing during the past few years. We want to provide a deeper analysis of China’s investments determinants, strategies, their specificities and consequences on these countries and, to some extent, on Africa as a whole. This study will be based on several journal articles, newspapers, and researches on the matter. The data used to conduct this investigation has been gathered from different institutional organizations that propose a detailed set of data on China’s activity in Africa. In order to give a better understanding of the issue, we will do a cross-country case study on Nigeria, Kenya and Morocco.