Report Launch: Outcompeting Strategic Challengers: The Case of China in Africa

The Coalition for Global Prosperity have today launched our latest report: Outcompeting Strategic Challengers: The Case of China in Africa. The report, launched in Parliament, looks at how the UK can become a stronger partner to Kenya and provide a new partnership offer. The report features an introduction from Alexander Stafford MP who recently joined CGP on a visit to Kenya.

The reports main recommendations are:

The UK should consider developing a cross-departmental Integrated Delivery Plan for Kenya, to ensure appropriate cross-government focus on delivering on the ambitions set out in both the Integrated Review and the UK-Kenya Strategic Partnership. 

• More should be done to foster regular, high-level, government-to-government dialogue and collaboration, which could potentially include the creation of an annual UK-Kenya Summit.

• The Government should do more to align development support to Kenya with the country’s own core development objectives, as set out in the Kenya Vision 2030 strategy.

• The UK should use its role in multilateral organisations, including at the UN, to advocate for the core priorities of key partners facing debt distress or the risk of debt distress. This should include support for the ambitions of the Bridgetown Agenda and debt relief initiatives aimed both at debt restructuring and ensuring that the system works for developing and middle-income countries, particularly those facing the acute effects of climate change. 

• The Government should consider how to work most effectively with allies, including the US and the EU, to provide genuine alternatives to partners in Africa looking to diversify their development support and reduce their reliance on Chinese investment.

You can find out more about the report here and read it in full here.