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Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (Sino-African Trade and Economic Relationships) FOCAC

International Relations of Africa, AI
Module: International Relations of Africa

Since 2008, China is the largest trading partner of Africa.

The Forum on China-Africa Cooperation is a platform established by China (BRICS Country) and African Countries for common dialogue and a cooperation mechanism between Developing Countries (South-South cooperation).

The main objective of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation is to promote and assist to Chinese enterprises to do business in Africa: Foreign Direct Investment, Foreign Trade, and cooperation.

We Trust in Africa (Affordable Higher Education for Africans)

  1. Introduction to the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation
  2. China's African Policy
  3. FOCAC Summits: Beijing and Sharm el-Sheikh
  4. 5th Ministerial Conference
  5. Sino-African Trade Relations
  6. Africa-BRICS

Forum China-Africa Cooperation. Sino-African Trade Relations

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The objectives of the subject “Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC)” are:

  1. To understand the objectives of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation
  2. To learn about principles of China's African policy
  3. To assess cooperation areas between Africa and China
  4. To analyze International Trade between African Countries and China

African Student, Doctorate, Master, International Business, Foreign Trade

The Subject “Forum on China-Africa Cooperation” is included within the curriculum of the following academic programs at EENI Global Business School:

Master in Business in Africa, International Business, Foreign Trade.

Masters in International Business and Foreign Trade (MIB AI)

Doctorate in African Business.

Doctorate in International Business (DIB AI) Online

Languages: Masters, Doctorate, International Business, English or Study Doctorate in International Business in French Afrique-Chine Masters Foreign Trade in Portuguese África-China Study Master Doctorate in International Business in Spanish África-China.


  1. Chinese International Trade has been growing fast the last decades
  2. Africa is a strategic partner for China, being its second trade partner, and estimated to have overtaken the United States, France, and the UK as the largest trading partner of Africa
  3. International Trade between China and Africa: 200 billion dollars, growing seven times from 1991 (1.44 billion dollar)
  4. Chinese Foreign Direct Investment in Africa grew: 44%
  5. China has cancelled RMB 10.5 billion of debt of thirty-one least developed African Countries
  6. Africa supply 30% of Chinese petrol needs

The Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation adopted a declaration in Beijing, proclaiming the creation of “a new type of Strategic partnership” between China and Africa.

The Forum on China-Africa Cooperation members are China, Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Comoros, Congo, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Morocco, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Uganda, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Togo, Tunisia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

The Forum on China-Africa Cooperation belongs to African Civilization and Sinic Civilization.

EENI African Business Portal.


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