Development is happening quickly, though not as quickly as megacities grew in China. Of 50 economic zones planned nine years ago, only six have been built. Developers are struggling to adapt to the differences in various African cultures and differences in governance. “I think from Chinese point of view, the biggest danger is corruption in African countries,” says Hulshof. “But another problem they will run into is democracy … which makes it more difficult to develop in the top-down way that Chinese companies are used to. If people own land, you can’t just kick them out.”
A photo investigation of the Chinese-sponsored apartments, highways, factoriesand even entire citiesthat are sprouting up in Africa at an astounding…
(via In Africa, Chinese Developers Are Building A Mini-China)
Worth a read.
