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Which prices will it raise? I'd expect the investment to lower prices for various raw materials China wants (because why would they invest to pay more in the end?) and consequently it would also lower prices for goods manufactured in China from those materials.

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China entering the African market will raise the prices that domestic producers can sell products at, due to increased demand for resources in limited supply.

In the end, more money will be made by the people who actually live and work there, not the international arbitraguers (if no shenanigans are added to the process).

This is when it's done by local workers and the wages rise.

FYI, the majority of work is not done by local workers.

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