China's Belt and Road brings infrastructure boom to Central Africa

The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has brought major infrastructure projects like roads, ports, and power plants to Central African countries. These support regional integration and development goals.

Projects like the Kribi Deep Sea Port in Cameroon, the Cameroon-Congo highway, and Memve'ele Hydroelectric Plant are connecting countries and boosting trade.

Chinese companies like China Harbor Engineering Company, Sinohydro, and CGCOC Group built facilities providing clean water and electricity to cities in Cameroon.

Stadiums constructed with Chinese support, like those in Limbe and Bafoussam, Cameroon, are bringing people together through sports.

While some criticize BRI as a "debt trap", leaders say China is helping develop African countries largely ignored by Western investors and providing jobs.