think:act Content--Investing in Africa

In recent years, "investing in Africa" has become a new hot spot on the road of Chinese enterprises' globalization, due to Africa's natural resources, great potential, governmental supports and multi-lateral cooperation mechanism. However, recent upheavals in Africa and increasing spread of "Neo-colonialism" concept have posed unprecedented challenges for Chinese companies investing in Africa, which also reveals that government and companies still lack some competencies and systems.

The latest "think:act Content—Investing in Africa" interprets the current situation and features of Chinese enterprises' investments in Africa. Based on the overseas investment experience of developed countries, the report offers advice and actions to government and companies to tackle the new challenges. The report summarizes the four features of Chinese enterprises' investment in Africa: fast growth of investment volume, various investment destinations, focusing on natural-resource-related projects and quick emerging of small and medium enterprises. Meanwhile, in the report, the upcoming challenges and political risks are also analyzed, reflecting the problems of their overseas investment strategy. The report then offers solutions to these problems, such as lack of effective supervision, macro environment assessment system and risk precaution mechanism. Besides, regarding the short-term investment in Africa, there are instructions in the report for Chinese enterprises to realize quick wins.