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Japan and China Compete for Investment into Africa

Geoff Riley

11th January 2016

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The scale of China’s ambition for Africa is already well understood. Numerous construction projects are already underway including the ones covered in Kenya by this short FT video report.

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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