But, West and South Africa are the most developed stable parts. The parts facing China are the unstable and poorest, also lacking in natural resources in some p

But, West and South Africa are the most developed stable parts. The parts facing China are the unstable and poorest, also lacking in natural resources in some places. Specifically Somalia and Sudan. It's conceivable that the West could forge ties with West and North Africa, especially North Africa, which already has strong ties to Europe. It seems unlikely that China would be able to freeze the West out of the entire continent with infrastructure alone. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_African_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita#/media/File:African_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita_in_2017.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_African_countries_by_G... It feels like treating Africa as a single unit is the issue here. More than likely, an "economic cold war" is the future of Africa, with North and Western African nations being Western aligned and Eastern African nations being Chinese aligned, with some variance and side flipping being inevitable. Similar to how the cold war was fought.