Almost three-quarters of China’s accumulated outward foreign direct investment (FDI) in Africa is concentrated in ten countries, with five resource-rich nations at the top: Sudan, Zambia, Algeria, Nigeria and South Africa.
Between 1979 and 2000, however, resource extraction was only the second biggest FDI sector, accounting for 27 percent of China’s FDI on the continent.
The manufacturing industry was the main receiver of investment, accounting for more than half China’s FDI in Africa.