China’s engagement with African agriculture

China’s developmental aid to Africa is impressive. Apart from construction, private companies ?heavily invest in agriculture, increasing the African market and trade opportunties with the rest of the world. But will Africa profit from these investments, and what are the downsides of the Chinese ?engagement? By Emmy Koeleman China and Africa have enjoyed a long-standing (somewhat complex) friendship, which goes back to the Cold War, in which the two economies were political all