In the last two years Chinese firms bought a rare-earths project in Tanzania, a copper mine in Botswana and gold mines in Congo, Ghana and Ivory Coast https://www.economist.com/international/2026/03/19/the-future-of-africa-will-be-shaped-by-investment-rather-than-aid?taid=69bda74e227d84000121c3b2&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=voante
