China's Grip on Africa Is Finally Sparking a US Response

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative has plowed billions of dollars into infrastructure projects in Africa. That’s given Beijing prime access to the mining resources that will underpin the upcoming technology, energy and transport revolutions.

Now the US has fully awakened to China’s ambitions. President Joe Biden is championing new investment in a railway that will transport copper and other minerals from Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo to the Angolan port of Lobito. But is it too late for the US to catch up?

00:00 Introduction
00:51 KoBold Metals and the Central African Copperbelt
02:32 The Benguela Railway through Angola
04:06 China’s stuttering Belt and Road Initiative
05:30 The G-7’s response to Belt and Road
06:28 Trafigura and the US’s rail investment

Camera: Zinyange Auntony

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[lominiski]

Africa stayed poor when the US was a dominant power and starved. With China, some Africans became rich and many lived better.

[drew_drew]

"How dare you exploit Africa!!!" Says US and Europe....

[nmew]

US are not comfortable with 50-50 win win trade deal. They are used to 90-10.

[zollen]

So.. US intention is never about helping the African nations..

[jajefan]

You can already tell the exploitative nature of the U.S.'s so called "help". The very first sentence of the video: "It's about to get hundreds of millions of dollars of US investment with one goal in mind: MOVING VALUABLE NATURAL RESOURCES ... TO THE WEST."

[DuyPham-xdlp]

its very telling, USA only wants to invest in Africa because of an ulterior motive to "catch up" to China's investment, where as China first invested out of their own interest for minerals. I will let you decide whose investment will be more stable

[jzeng]

If the United States returns to Africa just to balance China, I bet it won't succeed. If the United States enters Africa with the same purpose as China, to carry out trade with Africa and achieve a win-win situation for investors and Africa, and to compete fairly with China, then this will be a blessing for Africa.

[Darkmatter]

As an African I welcome China to our continent, and demand the West to leave us. All we've ever had from western countries was exploitation. The only reason they are thinking about"helping" is if that they want to compete with China.

[crymnd]

it's kinda sad to think that without BRI, the US would not even think of helping these countries out

[renemartin]

"China's Grip"? China is doing what the former European colonizers should have been doing decades ago. China is actively helping Africa develop.

[chi-jenyang]

China come to Africa to talk about trade and investment. The United States come to Africa to talk about China.

[arminius]

Reminder : US backed Build Back Better World hasn't spent a penny in Africa. It was just a photoshoot

[dxelson]

"Chinese help lifting Africans out of poverty endangers US world dominance" that title should be a better fit 😂

[bubamaranovichok]

The title should sound like this. Chinas friendly help on African nations is the way to prosperity! What a bummer!

[nmew]

US will always come to Africa with a lecture to tell.

[joey]

How dare you China! How dare you help Africa! (And make us look bad!!!)

[eskinderredwan]

China's BRI has huge impact in our daily life and we are really thankful for that

[j_k_rz]

The fact that the subtitle is "Vying for Africa's Minerals" is very telling. The US is in Africa for the minerals too.. it's all a geopolitical game and Africans might come out as the biggest losers

[SW-fypq]

Africa: "Please build roads for us."
US: "F off!"
China: "I can help. My loan interest is the lowest in the world. I know you might not be able to pay back, i will help you anyway."
US: "China is colonising Africa! China is evil."
Africa: "You help me then."
US: "F off!"

[siarnaqfrost]

US lost their chance a few decades back. In its absence China creeped in and held the fort.