The reserve of hydropower resources is tremendous in Africa. However

due to lack of financial input and technical support

Africa's hydropower resources have not been developed and utilized on a large scale. Power shortages have become one of the main "stumbling blocks" to Africa's socio-economic developments. Based on a large number of data analysis and statistics

the potential and status of hydropower development in various regions of Africa was analyzed

the hydropower development planning of major countries was interpreted

and the spatial evaluation of hydropower investment in Africa was given. The characteristics of Chinese enterprises' hydropower development in Africa for a long time was deeply analyzed

the advantages of Chinese enterprises were summarized

and some key points and suggestions for Chinese enterprises to invest in Africa were put forward.