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/ 01BUSINESS CORRIDOR ACTIVE CORRIDOR · MONTHLY 39.90° N 116.40° E ↔ 9.03° N 38.74° E

China ↔ Africa

A corridor spanning infrastructure, resources, industry, consumer markets, technology and project finance across very different African economies. It works country by country and project by project.

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BEIJING · SHANGHAI · NAIROBI · LAGOS · JOHANNESBURG · ADDIS ABABA · CAIRO SESSIONS RUNNING
CADENCE
Once a month
4th Tuesday
TIME
14:30 IST
17:00 Beijing · 12:00 Nairobi · 10:00 Lagos · 60 min
LEAD INSTITUTION
IJC™
International Jurisdictions Council
NEXT SESSION
Tue 24 Nov
12 of 12 places open
/ 02 · THE CORRIDOR

The corridor has moved beyond one story of roads and commodities. It now works country by country and sector by sector.

Industrial parks, logistics, energy, digital infrastructure, consumer distribution, mining value chains, local manufacturing and project partnerships each need different structures and local capability.

Scale exists on both sides. Execution depends on matching Chinese capital and industrial capability with specific African market conditions, local partners, regulators and project economics.

/ 03TWO-WAY MOVEMENT

What moves across the corridor, and in which direction.

China → Africa
Infrastructure and engineering delivery Mining, processing and resource value chains Manufacturing and industrial parks Telecoms, digital and payments infrastructure Consumer goods and distribution
Africa → China
Minerals and processed commodities Agricultural and food exports African consumer and lifestyle brands Project and investment opportunities Regional operating partnerships
/ 04WHERE THE OPPORTUNITY IS

Four views, one decision.

Not every attractive market movement can be acted on. These four views move a business from broad interest to a defined commercial route.

( a )
Projects

From an identified opportunity to a bankable structure, counterparties and delivery.

( b )
Local participation

Local workforce, procurement, compliance and community expectations built into the commercial model.

( c )
Capital

Sovereign, project, strategic and private capital are different routes with different terms.

( d )
Country risk

Legal, currency, political and payment risk treated as part of the deal design, not an afterthought.

/ 05FROM INTEREST TO EXECUTION

Five ways a business moves through the corridor.

The order is not fixed. A company may start with a project, a financing question, a local partner or a dispute.

01
Originate

Define a commercially real project or requirement.

02
Validate

Test counterparties, permits, economics and local conditions.

03
Structure

Project, financing, legal and tax arrangements set up together.

04
Localise

Local capability, partners and community support built in.

05
Execute

Delivery coordinated across jurisdictions and institutions.

/ 06WHAT REQUIRES JUDGEMENT

The obvious answer is often incomplete.

Four recurring questions where a joined-up view across commercial, legal, finance, tax and operations changes the outcome.

01 · COUNTRY BY COUNTRY

Africa is not one regulatory or commercial market. Each country's rules, courts and practice have to be read separately.

02 · BANKABILITY

Strong demand does not by itself make a project financeable or deliverable.

03 · LOCAL PARTICIPATION

Local content, workforce, procurement and community expectations often decide how long a project lasts.

04 · CURRENCY AND PAYMENT

Convertibility, repatriation and payment security can be central commercial terms, not footnotes.

/ 07NEXT ON THIS CORRIDOR

Three sessions, already scheduled.

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24NOV
TUE
China ↔ Africa Circuit Session
14:30 IST · 17:00 Beijing · 12:00 Nairobi · 60 minutes · online · lead institution: IJC™
12 OF 12 PLACES OPEN
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22DEC
TUE
China ↔ Africa Circuit Session
14:30 IST · 17:00 Beijing · 12:00 Nairobi · 60 minutes · online · lead institution: IJC™
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26JAN
TUE
China ↔ Africa Circuit Session
14:30 IST · 17:00 Beijing · 12:00 Nairobi · 60 minutes · online · lead institution: IJC™
12 OF 12 PLACES OPEN
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Your first four attended sessions are complimentary. Up to 12 business leaders per session; the waitlist opens when places are confirmed.

/ 08INSTITUTIONS IN THIS CORRIDOR

One lead. Five on call.

Each institution joins the corridor where its mandate answers the question. None presents; each answers.

LEADInternational Jurisdictions Council™Reading each African jurisdiction, its regulators and its courts before a project is committed. ON CALLUNIONE™Contract risk, arbitration readiness and enforcement for long-term project agreements. ON CALLWorld Law Alliance™Project, concession, financing and joint-venture documents across legal systems. ON CALLWONE Global™Tax, project finance, accounting and the commercial case for each structure. ON CALLFOREMARK™ GlobalMarket-entry readiness and work with ministries and investment agencies. ON CALLTheNeutrals.ORG™Independent mediators and neutrals when a project relationship needs one.
/ 09CIRCUIT INTELLIGENCE™ · CHINA ↔ AFRICA
CORRIDOR SIGNAL™Demand is not the same as bankability.A project with clear need can still fail on offtake, permits, security of payment or who carries the currency risk. TRANSACTION WATCH™Currency and repatriation belong in the first term sheet.How revenue is earned, converted and sent home shapes the structure as much as the price does.
WHO TAKES PART

Participation follows relevance, not a directory.

Infrastructure and industrial groups Mining and energy businesses Project sponsors and developers Banks, development finance institutions and investors Government and investment agencies Local and international professional firms
/ 10 · MARKETS ON EACH SIDE
ChinaBRIEFING IN PREPARATION
East AfricaKENYA · ETHIOPIA · TANZANIA
West AfricaNIGERIA · GHANA · CÔTE D'IVOIRE
Southern and North AfricaSOUTH AFRICA · EGYPT · MOROCCO

Jurisdiction briefings for this corridor are being prepared. Until then, the session works through the countries your question involves.

SECTORS THAT MOVE MOST
Infrastructure ↗ Energy transition ↗ Manufacturing ↗ Financial services ↗ Technology & AI ↗ Mining & minerals Telecoms & digital Agriculture Logistics Construction Consumer

Sector economics, rules and channels differ sharply, so the same corridor raises different questions in each industry.

REQUIREMENTWhat are you trying to move across this corridor? Start with the business need.
/ 11QUESTIONS

About this corridor.

No. Each country is read separately: regulators, courts, currency rules and local practice differ, and the session works through the countries your question involves.

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