Analyzing the status of African ports can provide reference for Chinese enterprises to participate in the investment,construction and operation of African ports.This paper summarizes the development characteristics and defects of African ports and forecasts the development trend.Compared with other regions in the world,the share of African ports in the total scale of global maritime trade is relatively low.The development of African ports is based on loading,unloading,warehousing and other basic & traditional services.With the overall stability of the global economy and trade,African economy and industry will maintain stable growth in the long run.In the future,the investment and construction demand of African ports is still strong,the importance of each port will continue to change,the PPC mode and inland logistics network construction will accelerate.