As the world shifts to clean energy, Africa’s minerals are in demand. But can we mine without repeating the same…
Browsing: AIF Issue 75
In a world of shifting power centres, fractured supply chains and the accelerating energy transition, Africa’s mining sector faces a…
“The environment is man’s first right. Without a safe environment, man cannot exist to claim other rights, be they political,…
Despite its vast mineral wealth, Zambia continues to face challenges in leveraging copper revenues to ensure inclusive socio-economic development, particularly…
South Africa’s socio-economic challenges are well established: persistent unemployment, widening inequality, and a sluggish economy are converging to create a…
Where do the aluminium, cobalt, copper, gold, graphite, and tin in your phone, or if you’re lucky, your electric vehicle,…
Across Africa, two powerful trends are unfolding: rising levels of conflict and fragility, and a surge of investment in the…
In the dusty hills of Bikita district, where ancestral spirits once whispered through granite outcrops, the sound of explosions now…
Women play an unusually large role in Africa’s artisanal and small-scale mining sector, which employs nine-million Africans and supports some…
Illegal mining in Nigeria is wreaking havoc on local communities and the agricultural industry. According to the House of Representatives…
