David Pilling’s article in today’s FT offers an insightful analysis on the benefits for African of Chinese investment. He reveals how China treats Africa as any other business partner- where there is mutual benefit they trade, where there isn’t they don’t.

How refreshing it is that African countries are finally able trade freely, without paternalistic stipulations over how and on what they spend their revenues. The prospect of an African future based upon trade, not aid, is most appealing- not least to Africans themselves.