Comment by dementis

This is from 2021 but it does show how heavily China has invested into Africa to support their Naval and Maritime shipping.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9554253/How-China-b...

There has been some speculation that China is effectively trying to take control over Africa and has been rather successful at doing so on some fronts.

https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/18417/china-taking-over-a...