CHINA`S INCREASING INTEREST IN AFRICA: CASE STUDY OF NIGERIA

The article focuses on China’s Increasing Interest in Africa: Case Study of Nigeria. Basically, the article is concentrated on the China’s Foreign Direct Investment in Nigeria particularly in the sphere of agriculture, telecommunications, infrastructure and free trade zones. The case study research raises a few research questions. Would both sides benefit from the economic cooperation or would only China maybe have the upper hand? What are the main opportunities and challenges of social and economic impact of Chinese investments in Nigeria? The analysis is conducted on the basis of case study. The study is based on different kinds of data sourced from documented materials on China-Nigeria relations, official statistical data, articles, newspapers, reports and interviews with scholars in this field. Besides these sources, information from secondary sources like monographs and academic articles was taken into consideration