Africa well positioned to benefit from global green mineral boom

Africa is home to some 30% of the worldโs mineral reserves, 8% of its natural gas reserves, and 12% of its oil reserves, according to the United Nations. It also has 40% of the worldโs gold, up to 90% of its chromium and platinum, and the largest reserves of cobalt, diamonds, platinum and uranium in […]
Coal-driven power train is running out of steam

Swedish teenager Greta Thunbergโs theatrical denunciation of world leaders so dominated news coverage of the recent UN Climate Summit in New York that other developments at the meeting slipped under many a radar. For Africa, an announcement by the African Development Bank that it is making a surprise policy turn away from fossil-fuel investment and […]