“…Regardless of the reasons that drive Chinese entrepreneurs to invest in Africa, the literature offers many examples of how their investment helps kickstart and develop modern and productive sectors of the economy, promoting structural change. Many studies have documented the presence of Chinese investment in Africa's manufacturing sector, either at the continent or country levels (Brautigam et al, 2018;Chen et al, 2015Chen et al, , 2016Chen et al, , 2018Eom, 2018;Gu, 2009;Landry & Chen, 2021;Lee, 2017;Rotunno et al, 2013;Shen, 2015;Wolf & Cheng, 2018a). 6 But manufacturing is not the only sector for Chinese firms in Africa.…”