China in Africa: how Sam Pa became the middleman (ft.com)

The Chinese have also brought their ghost cities along. There was a CNN thing done a couple of years ago about this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8HyDGCNxpo

Can't read because of a paywall.

The Economist did a similar story 3 years ago

http://www.economist.com/node/21525847