What are the impacts of Chinese investment in Africa? Is it transforming economic development on the continent?This bookisdifferent from many otherstudiesof this issue, as it unpacksthe black box oftechnological and learningspillover effectsfrom Chinese firms to others.Rather thanusing econometric tools, which has now become a standard approach and come with their own set of challenges, the authors investigate the interactions between Chinese investors and African firms in terms ofthetransferoftechnologyand learningand explain why such interactions arerare.Only by understanding the reasons behind this rarity can approaches be developed to promote spillovers.