the Africa Zone consists of just two tanks, both for cichlids (you can see one to the right side; the one at the far back is the Mekong Tank in the Southeast Asia Zone).
All the Zones in the Aquarium have entrances like this with relevant theming (not that giraffes have anything to do with fish, but you know what i mean!)
Read a walk-through of the Aquarium here:
http://www.zoochat.com/247/review-shanghai-ocean-aquarium-december-2013-a-348216/
December 2013