Africans perception on external influences 2019-2020
For 59 percent of the Africans, the economic and political influence of China in their own countries was somewhat positive or very positive between 2019 and 2020. Similarly, 58 percent considered as good the external influence from the U.S. By contrast, Russia's influence was evaluated as positive by 46 percent of Africans, while 24 percent classified as somewhat negative or very negative the influence of the former colony (the United Kingdom, France or Portugal).