Power China Undeterred by African Defaults But Changes Approach

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in Ethiopia.

Photographer: Amanuel Sileshi/Bloomberg

Power Construction Corp. of China, one of the world’s largest engineering and construction companies, said it plans to continue to seek African business despite a series of sovereign defaults.

The Beijing-based state-owned company, known as Power China, has built a portfolio of some of Africa’s most prestigious infrastructure developments. It has has worked on projects ranging from a giant Ethiopian hydropower dam to solar and wind plants across the continent.