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Africa’s Solar Surge: Boom or Dependency?
On a hazy morning in Algiers, a flat-bed truck crawls through traffic stacked high with shrink-wrapped photovoltaic panels. It is…
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Southern Africa: The Critical Minerals Anchor of the Global Energy Transition
When the World Economic Forum released its recent analysis on the role of Southern Africa in the global energy transition,…
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Tags: Africa industrialisation, community benefits, critical minerals, green hydrogen, just energy transition, mining policy, Namibia lithium, platinum, renewable energy transition, resource governance, SADC cooperation, Southern Africa, sustainable development, value addition, Zambia cobalt, Zimbabwe lithium
Tags: Africa industrialisation, community benefits, critical minerals, green hydrogen, just energy transition, mining policy, Namibia lithium, platinum, renewable energy transition, resource governance, SADC cooperation, Southern Africa, sustainable development, value addition, Zambia cobalt, Zimbabwe lithium
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Beyond Raw Minerals: Can Africa Benefit from Its Critical Mineral Wealth?
In Kolwezi, in the heart of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the earth gives way to cobalt-rich soil. Every…
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Tags: Africa, artisanal mining, cobalt, critical minerals, DRC, Ghana, green transition, lithium, resource nationalism, Sierra Leone, value addition
Tags: Africa, artisanal mining, cobalt, critical minerals, DRC, Ghana, green transition, lithium, resource nationalism, Sierra Leone, value addition
Posted inCommunity Impact Energy Transition
Who Truly Benefits from Just Transitions in Africa? The Rising Tide of Elite Extraction
In recent years, Africa has been hailed as a leader in designing just transitions, energy shifts that protect both the…
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Tags: Africa, climate finance, coal transition, community inclusion, critical minerals, energy justice, JETP, just transition
Tags: Africa, climate finance, coal transition, community inclusion, critical minerals, energy justice, JETP, just transition
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Africa’s Resource Revolution: How Raw Minerals Are Becoming Gold Mines for Local Value
Africa is in the midst of a quiet revolution. One that sees nations taking a firmer hold over the minerals…
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Tags: Africa, critical minerals, economic sovereignty, just transition, mineral exports, resource nationalism, value addition
Tags: Africa, critical minerals, economic sovereignty, just transition, mineral exports, resource nationalism, value addition
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Beyond the Tracks: What Africa’s Mining Corridors Really Mean for the Communities They Bypass
"The trains pass, but we are still in the dark." That was the quiet but piercing remark of Mariam, a…
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Why Africa Must Stop Exporting Wealth: The Case for Processing Our Own Minerals
“If we keep selling the raw and buying the refined, we’ll always be poorer than we are rich.” That line,…
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Tags: Africa mining, beneficiation, critical minerals, energy transition, green economy, industrialisation, jobs, value addition
Tags: Africa mining, beneficiation, critical minerals, energy transition, green economy, industrialisation, jobs, value addition
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Not Just Green Jobs: African Miners Say the ‘Just Transition’ Is Failing Them
"If our bodies fuel the transition, then we deserve a seat at the table." That was the message from a…
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Tags: Africa mining, community impact, critical minerals, energy transition, green minerals, just transition, labour rights, worker safety
Tags: Africa mining, community impact, critical minerals, energy transition, green minerals, just transition, labour rights, worker safety
Green Minerals, Grey Realities: Can Africa Avoid Another Resource Curse?
Across the plains of Namibia, the copper belt of the DRC, and the lithium fields of Zimbabwe, a quiet race…
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Tags: Africa Mining Vision, AU, beneficiation, cobalt, critical minerals, DRC, green minerals, just transition, lithium, RECs, resource curse, Zimbabwe
Tags: Africa Mining Vision, AU, beneficiation, cobalt, critical minerals, DRC, green minerals, just transition, lithium, RECs, resource curse, Zimbabwe
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Follow the Money: Why Africa Must Demand Accountability in Climate Finance
It is one thing to pledge billions. It’s another to deliver them, transparently, equitably, and in ways that change lives.…
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