[Travis McGee]

My prediction is that the Chinese are going to slowly begin "aiding" Africa.

By 2050 there will be more Chinese settlers in Africa than Africans, and by 2100 there will be no Africans at all in Africa.

[xzins]

My sense is that France, also, always has and still does covet Africa. They miss their colonies and wish to use them to launch themselves to preeminence in the EU.

[cherry]

what makes you think Africans will allow Chinese to settle their continent, let alone take it over...

there are not many races that get along very well, and that goes for the Asians and the Africans as well....

[wildbill]

"By 2050 there will be more Chinese settlers in Africa than Africans, and by 2100 there will be no Africans at all in Africa."

Au contraire, the invading Chinese will form an important part of the tres chic nouvelle African cuisine: Chinese take-in.

[Lazamataz]

My prediction is that the Chinese are going to slowly begin "aiding" Africa. By 2050 there will be more Chinese settlers in Africa than Africans, and by 2100 there will be no Africans at all in Africa.

Perhaps. Some of the only open-land areas remaining are Africa, Northeastern Russia, Canada, and South America. We've already seen the interest China has in Northeastern Russia and South America. Africa would be a no-brainer.

Problem is, by 2050 this will be a different world. Land grabs won't be as possible.

[SauronOfMordor]

My prediction is that the Chinese are going to slowly begin "aiding" Africa. By 2050 there will be more Chinese settlers in Africa than Africans, and by 2100 there will be no Africans at all in Africa.

That's my speculation, too. Africa has the resources, China has cash, excess people, and a government which doesn't care that much if it has to kill a bunch of people in order to achieve its objectives.

As you predict, the pattern will be a large influx of "aid", "aid workers" to administer the aid, and troops to protect the "aid workers". The Chinese will be able to buy off the corrupt leaders in exchange for official permission to come in. After there are ten million Chinese troops there, they will just kill any Africans who annoy them, and put birth-control drugs in the food of the rest.

If anything, I think the task will be accomplished much more quickly than your timeline. More like by 2030.