China’s foreign ministry counts more than 80 large-scale power facilities and 120 million kW built across Africa since 2000 – generation turned into a continent-wide product line.
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Karuma: Uganda’s 600 MW Bet on Industry, Built Over Twelve Years
Uganda’s largest power plant came online in 2024, doubling effective capacity. The wager is that 600 MW of Chinese-built hydropower can pull industry into a country that does not yet need it.
SADC transport and ICT integration: built-market implications — for regional operators
A transport corridor is, among other things, a real estate instrument. The road, rail line or border post itself is only the visible spine; the commercial value it creates accrues to the warehouses, logistics parks, fuel depots and border-adjacent commercial land that...
Bui Dam: How Ghana Bought 400 MW on Commercial Terms From China
Ghana built the Bui hydropower dam to escape blackouts. Its US$292 million Chinese loan carried a 6.1 per cent rate and no grant element – a power-capacity story priced like a mortgage.
The Hall as Hard Asset: China’s Conference Centres and the Business Climate
A refurbished hall in Yaounde looks like a gift. Read as infrastructure, China’s conference-centre diplomacy is a quieter bet on Africa’s business environment.
A Roof Counted Twice: China’s Africa Housing, Seen From the Household
Social housing rarely makes the China-Africa ledger. In Djibouti two parallel schemes show what the household-facing side of infrastructure actually delivers – and what it leaves uncounted.
Small and Beautiful: China Recasts Africa Deals Around Airports and Grids
Beijing once measured its Africa ledger in mega-loans. The deals it signed with Chad and Senegal in 2024 are smaller, narrower and aimed at the everyday grid.
Liberalised skies and AI infrastructure: built-market implications and what comes next
An aircraft can be liberalised to fly a new route in the time it takes a minister to sign a determination. The runway, terminal capacity, power supply and border post it lands at cannot be liberalised into existence at all; they have to be built, financed and...
Expanded Halfway Toyota Signals Private-Sector Confidence in Maun
An expanded Halfway Toyota dealership reopened in Maun in April 2026. Why private capital in a tourism gateway is a real signal of diversification confidence.