Africom is indeed a great opportunity.

As a European military, I do consider it as positive for the European military system too. Often, we do plan and do operations in Africa (Artemis or Eufor Kinshasa in DRC, Eufor Tchad,...) as part of the EU system. Having one interlocutor on the US military side will allow better coordination and possibly mutual assistance for both US and EU forces.

I hope they will also engage European capitals (very protective of their influence in Africa), make them understand Africom is not a threath (in terms of influence in Africa) but a partner. Some Liaison officers from France, UK, Portugal, Belgium, Germany,EU,...in Africom might be very usefull.