1、African Industrialisation and China-Africa Cooperation Arkebe OqubayFormer Special Adviser to the Prime Minister of EthiopiaAuthorThe views expressed in the paper are the authors own and do not necessarily reflect the position of the GSRC.Acknowledgement:The author thanks the Center for Internationa
2、l Knowledge on Development(CIKD)and the Global South Research Center(GSRC)for their ongoing support and to their internal and external reviewers.I am grateful to Dr Wang Jinzhao,Dr Zhang Jin,Dr Chen Xiao,Dr Tesfachew Taferre,Dr Ayalew Mamo,Dr Nigisty Gebrechristos and Mr Liang Weitang for sharing th
3、eir comments.I also thank Dr Uduak Akpan for his assistance in compiling the data.Much of the data on African industrialisation is based on compilations for the research project“The Greening of African Economic Development”funded by the British Academy.SummaryWithin the broader context of global dev
4、elopment and SouthSouth cooperation,this paper combines historical analysis,sectoral diagnostics,and policy foresight to explore the drivers,constraints,and pathways of industrial growth across Africa.A key focus is the evolving ChinaAfrica cooperation over the past twenty-five years(20002025),parti
5、cularly through trade and investment,which is regarded as a catalytic force in Africas industrial transformation.In the future,digitalisation,green transformation,and geopolitical dynamics are the key factors impacting African industrialisation.China-Africa cooperation should focus on the developmen
6、t of production capacity and expand the scope of cooperation so as to deal with the opportunities and challenges for African industrialisation.The paper ends with a call for a new global compactbased on multilateralism and led by the Global Souththat encourages equitable partnerships,reforms in deve