China’s Trade With Africa Accelerates as Industrial Exports Surge and Surplus Widens
China’s exports to Africa grew 26% in 2025, led by machinery, vehicles and light manufacturing, while imports expanded only modestly.
China’s exports to Africa grew 26% in 2025, led by machinery, vehicles and light manufacturing, while imports expanded only modestly.
The new framework could unlock growth in non-commodity exports, especially food, autos and industrial intermediates.
ANDAMAN PARTNERS Co-Founders Kobus van der Wath and Rachel Wu will attend Investing in African Mining Indaba 2026 in Cape Town, South Africa.
ANDAMAN PARTNERS is pleased to support and sponsor this popular Pre-Indaba event in Cape Town.
ANDAMAN PARTNERS is pleased to sponsor and support the AAMEG pre-Mining Indaba Cocktails & Canapes event.
ANDAMAN PARTNERS is pleased to sponsor and support the AAMEG & ABCSA pre-Mining Indaba Connections & Canapes event.
There are two distinct roles in the global minerals system: upstream exporters and downstream manufacturing hubs, whose demand for resources continues to rise.
Size and speed: Who buys the most from China, who sells the most to China and whose trade is growing the fastest?
Scale is in North and Southern Africa, but the continent’s economic dynamism emanates from the West and the East.
China is the global leader in high-tech exports, and Asian economies feature prominently among the top ten exporters.