Advancing Sino-South African Education and Skill Development

This paper is concerned with what is different about China’s cooperation in education and training in Africa. China-Africa education cooperation goes back to the 1950s, first with few African countries, and when the rest African countries broke off the shackles of imperialism, they followed suit. Under the frame work of Forum on China Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), the cooperation has become more and more prosperous. Specifically, for South Africa, education has been esteemed as a major method to eradicate poverty and offer people possibilities to chase a better life both in China and South Africa.This paper examines different dimensions of China–Africa education cooperation with a focus on South Africa, and focus on what is different about China’s cooperation in education and training in Africa.

Keywords: Africa, China, Chinese Companies, Education, Sino-South Cooperation, Skill Development, South Africa.