Africa / Features
Tanzania’s mining sector is about to take off despite government interference
Tanzania is emerging as an important hub for the mining of green energy transition minerals in East Africa, despite the government taxing the sector heavily.
Angola aspires to become a global player in the supply of critical minerals
Angola – the world's second-biggest diamond producer – possesses abundant reserves of critical minerals, vital for the green energy transition.
Russia's nuclear diplomacy binding emerging markets to the Kremlin
Currently, Rosatom controls approximately 70% of the world export market for the construction of nuclear power plants where emerging powers in the global south are trying to boost their energy production and turning to Moscow for nuclear power.
New India-Europe transit corridor set to challenge IMEC, Suez routes
The battle of the corridors is heating up as India promotes a new India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) route that will connect the subcontinent with Europe by traversing the Middle East over land then sea to the EU via Haifa in Israel.
India to headline the rapid catch up of global emerging markets by 2050 – Capital Economics
Emerging markets will overtake the Western world in terms of the collective nominal size of their economies by 2050, with China and India as the second and third largest behind the US, according to Capital Economics’ long-term forecasts.
Could lithium transform Zimbabwe’s economy or will the opportunity be squandered?
Zimbabwe has Africa’s biggest lithium deposits but China is acquiring many of the mines and a question mark hangs over the extent to which the local population will benefit from the mineral wealth.
Middle Eastern investors pour into Africa
Middle Eastern investment into Africa is becoming one of the most important sources of new capital, with projects valued at more than $53bn announced in 2023.