They already have significant links to resources in African nations without all of the moralizing the modern West brings with them.
The moralizing of the West in Africa for hundreds of years my friends reared in Africa find funny.
One gave his view on China, they come in build roads, schools, hospitals, stay out of politics and don't try and run the country as fiefdoms for personal enrichment.
Yup they can sometimes have racist views but they ensure they build infrastructure which unsurprisingly is popular with Population and Politicans.
His view on Western Govt and Companies is they buy off a few politicians who use the Military to give Western companys what they demand and give nothing back to the people. Then then arms sellers turn up to sell arms so those in power can settle scores. Then the have the social justice warriors arriving under NGO's telling them how to run their country. Oh and he finds their racism even worse.
Not unsurprisingly him and lots of other Africans want China not the West.