{"id":3563,"date":"2024-09-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-17T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogg.lnu.se\/china-research\/?p=3563"},"modified":"2024-09-18T14:53:09","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T13:53:09","slug":"afrika-i-ett-stormaktsperspektiv-superpower-activities-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogg.lnu.se\/china-research\/?p=3563","title":{"rendered":"Afrika i ett stormaktsperspektiv"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Superpower activities in Africa\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Recently, I published an article in Swedish on African challenges as a reaction on some articles in the Swedish academic journal Ekonomisk Debatt in its April number from 2024 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalekonomi.se\/artikel\/afrikas-handel-utmaningar-och-mojligheter\/\">https:\/\/www.nationalekonomi.se\/artikel\/afrikas-handel-utmaningar-och-mojligheter\/<\/a>). Several authors put then a strong emphasis on all the increasing commercial opportunities that may be derived from the relatively new free trade agreement African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sure, everybody should be happy about a hopefully improving trade future for Africa. However, African progress cannot be based on improved trade conditions alone. Better working institutions are &#8211; more or less &#8211; needed&nbsp;in all African countries which in any emerging market uses to be a long journey. But, better starting now than waiting another five or ten years.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately, the EU and the U.S. have neglected the important continent of Africa in many respects for too long time, more lately even in the fight against covid and other diseases &#8211; but also when it comes to fruitful and friendly cooperation in the strategic fields of commodities, infrastructure and education.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead, China and Russia have recognized this Western neglect and strengthened more lately their positions considerably in quite a number of Sub-Saharan countries.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More about this in my above-mentioned article with the following link <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalekonomi.se\/artikel\/stor-geopolitik-afrikas-utveckling\/\">https:\/\/www.nationalekonomi.se\/artikel\/stor-geopolitik-afrikas-utveckling\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lnu.se\/api\/media\/12178-fw350fh461cy28cw350ch350\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:94px;height:auto\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Hubert Fromlet<\/em><\/strong> Affiliate Professor at the School of Business and Economics, Linnaeus University<br><a href=\"..\/editorial-board\/\">Editorial board<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Superpower activities in Africa\u00a0 Recently, I published an article in Swedish on African challenges as a reaction on some articles in the Swedish academic journal Ekonomisk Debatt in its April number from 2024 (https:\/\/www.nationalekonomi.se\/artikel\/afrikas-handel-utmaningar-och-mojligheter\/). 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