China’s Emerging Sustainability Framework & Africa’s Critical Minerals Future
China’s evolving sustainability architecture and willingness to invest in local processing create important opportunities for African countries. The emerging landscape presents Africa with a historic opportunity to negotiate a new resource bargain, one that moves beyond extractivism towards industrialization, responsible mining and inclusive development.
The Lobito Corridor and the Politics of Control in Africa’s Mineral Economy
The Lobito Corridor is a test of governance and imagination. Without structural shifts in policy and institutional capacity, it may accelerate extraction while deepening external control. With deliberate intervention, however, it could mark a turning point, transforming Africa’s mineral wealth from a source of dependency into a foundation for sovereignty, innovation, and global influence.
Beyond the Mine Gate: Why Africa’s Critical Minerals Future Will Be Won—or Lost—in Governance
Africa’s critical minerals offer a rare opportunity to finance development, accelerate industrialisation and strengthen the continent’s strategic influence. But expanding extraction alone will not deliver transformation.