Oil Market: Africa facing new turbulence [Business Africa] | Africanews
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Across Africa, economies remain closely tied to the oil market. OPEC and its allies recently announced a production increase of 188,000 barrels per day, though the move remains largely symbolic, as actual output still falls below quotas
From market access to strategic openness: The new China–Africa business relationship – Institute of Development Studies

China’s zero-tariff offer to 53 African countries looks, at first sight, like a trade story. It is more than that. It marks a wider shift in China-Africa business relations: from market access to strategic openness. Tariff-free access opens an important door, but it does not by itself create exports, build industries or shift ba rgaining power.