(Photo by Akihiro Sano)ISTANBUL -- Much has been written in recent years on China's growing influence in Africa. But it has a challenger in Turkey, which, like China, is looking to expand its strategic and economic reach. Turkey has good relations with the emerging superpower, but that has not stopped it from competing vigorously with China in Africa. Its competitors included state-run China Railway Group and China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation. While Turkey jockeys with China for influence in Africa, it also shrewdly welcomes Chinese investment, including a project to make electric vehicle batteries in Turkey.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 12, 2018 12:45 UTC