Ayoub mzee at the new headquaters of the Africa Union in Addis ababa .This building was built by the chinese as a grant.
Fuelling its own boom at home, China is also desperate for new markets to sell goods. And Africa, with non-existent health and safety rules to protect against shoddy and dangerous goods, is the perfect destination.
The result of China's demand for raw materials and its sales of products to Africa is that turnover in trade between Africa and China has risen from £5million annually a decade ago to £6billion today.
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A century after Sir Francis Galton outlined his vision for Africa, the Chinese are here to stay. More will come.

The lesotho ambassador

The lesotho Kingdom delegation

The Malawi amabassador in black suit

The Tanzania Parmanent representative and ambassador H.E J BISWARO(with glasses) leaving the meeting at the 2nd day of the 18th ordinary session of the assembly of heads of stae and government at the UA headquaters in addis ababa - Photo by Ayoub mzee