Paper short abstract:

This work seeks to study how the pandemic has reinforced the place occupied by Turkey. How Istanbul becamethe destination for bussinessers following the closing of Chinese borders. What lessons for African economies to get out of manufacturing dependence, and buid autonomous industrialization?

Paper long abstract:

Over the past two decades, academic circles have expressed great interest in Sino-African relations. However, Chinese presence in Africa will encourage other powers such as India or Turkey to develop their own competing African policy. Taking advantage of the consequences of Covid 19, marked by a tightening of entry measures in China, Turkey has succeed in positioning itself as one of the most significant players in Senegal over the past ten years to the point of making China and Chinese companies lose significant market shares. Indeed, the Summa Group has completed a vast infrastructure program for a total amount of 3US$ billion. This reinforced the new place occupied by Turkey during the pandemic, and en 2021, trade between Senegal and Turkey reached US$ 540 million, with the objective for Turkish leaders to reach US$ 1 billion. Istanbul has, thus, become the preferred destination for Senegalese economic operators during the pandemic following the closing of Chinese borders.

This work seeks to study how Senegalese traders redeploy in the face of Chinese border closing. Considering the asymmetrical nature of trade, are these new trade routes inscribed in a dependence of African economies on the? What lessons for African economies vying to get out of manufacturing dependence, and consider autonomous industrialization?