Credit of intra-Africa connectivity’s development goes to Chinese investment, says Kenyan expert

One Kenyan expert said on Tuesday, March 26 that Chinese have played a pivotal role in the development of intra-Africa connectivity.

The Chief Executive Officer of Rich Management, Aly Khan Satchu said in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi that before the investments of Chinese firms in Africa’s infrastructure, the continent constituted 55 nations that were not connected to each other, making intra-Africa trade very expensive.

“The Chinese have unlocked Africa’s infrastructure and have played a key role in narrowing of the infrastructure gap,” said Aly Khan Satchu.

Satchu opined that in some instances, connecting between Anglophone and Francophone Africa requires transiting through Europe, resulting in high transport costs in intra-Africa trade. He added that Chinese roads and railway projects are dotted all across Africa. “You don’t have to look far to see the Chinese contribution to connecting Africa to itself,” he added, as reported by Xinhua.

He also added that the immediate benefits of the infrastructure projects are visible, including reducing the time and cost in moving within a country and between African states.

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