Fathom’s Centrality Tracker maps the complex web of connections binding countries to the world’s economic powerhouses: the US, EU and China. It does this across four dimensions – trade, commodities, finance and development – providing a powerful tool to help understand the shifting economic interdependencies of our multi-polar world. Over the past quarter, we have examined the strength of ties between countries in Africa and the three powerhouses, revealing that over 90% of those captured in our Tracker have moved towards China since 2005…

[Please click below to read the full note.]

Africa global interdependence, by proportion of points allocated to each hub (EU, US, China) from 2005 to 2021