非洲和中国之间的贸易在2011年达到了1,660亿美元。年轻和不断增长的劳动力将使其在人口统计学上与美国和欧洲相当。总体而言，增加对非洲农业技术的投资有可能减少非洲的贫困。非洲联盟计划大力投资非洲农业，联合国密切监测这一局势。非洲有多种形式的能源（水力发电，石油和天然气储备，煤炭生产，铀生产，太阳能，风能和地热等可再生能源）。缺乏发展和基础设施意味着今天实际上几乎没有使用这种潜力。非洲正在进行许多大型基础设施项目。到目前为止，这些项目大部分都在生产和运输电力。许多其他项目包括铺设高速公路，铁路，机场和其他建筑。电信基础设施也是非洲的增长领域。

 

Trade between Africa and China stood at US$166 billion in 2011.young and growing labour force will be making it more demographically comparable to the US and Europe.  Increased investment in African agricultural technology in general has the potential to reduce poverty in Africa.The African Union has plans to heavily invest in African agriculture and the situation is closely monitored by the UN.  Africa has significant resources for generating energy in several forms (hydroelectric, reserves of petroleum and gas, coal production, uranium production, renewable energy such as solar, wind and geothermal). The lack of development and infrastructure means that little of this potential is actually in use today.  Many large infrastructure projects are underway across Africa. By far, most of these projects are in the production and transportation of electric power. Many other projects include paved highways, railways, airports, and other construction.  Telecommunications infrastructure is also a growth area in Africa.