How Much Does Africa Need China’s New Infrastructure?

Abstract

The African prospects for the development of the digital economy can be exhilarating, in the next three years, the rate of internet penetration African will undoubtedly be fast growth, where the magnitude of African internet users could reach an astounding number of 800 million, a number which is on par with the current number of Chinese internet users. As the world’s second most powerful digital economy, China under the banner of the construction of the “Digital Silk Road” has already in the past decade signed numerous memorandums of understanding with various African nations. China and even more African nations can and will mutually and significantly cultivate in the field of new infrastructures. The urgent promotion and establishment of new African infrastructure shall and will greatly support Africans to be able to gain access to the highspeed internet, which will not only benefit Africa’s local economic growth but also bring new impetus to the global economy.