The United States has significantly expanded its strategic engagement with Africa’s critical minerals sector through a combination of diplomatic agreements, infrastructure financing, development finance and private-sector investment, signalling a broader…
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Nigeria opens West Africa’s largest lithium processing plant to strengthen critical minerals value chain and energy transition ambitions
AfricaAfrican BusinessesAfrican Policy WatchCarbon MarketsCarbon offsetingClimate & EnvironmentClimate FinanceDevelopment FinanceEconomic ResponsibilityEducationEnergy & TransitionEnergy Access & InnovationEnergy PolicyEnvironmental ResponsibilityFinance & EconomyGlobal Policy & AfricaIndustriesJust TransitionLaws, Standards & FrameworksMultilateral InstitutionsPolicy & GovernancePolicy & RegulationRegionsSociety & DevelopmentSustainability partnershipsSustainability reportingurban sustainabilityWest Africa by Kathambi Muriithi 1.1K views 5 minutes readNigeria has commissioned what the federal government describes as West Africa’s largest lithium processing plant, marking a significant step in the country’s efforts to shift from exporting raw minerals to…
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Kenya eyes export growth as China expands duty-free market access for agricultural and value-added products
AfricaAfrican BusinessesAfrican Policy WatchAgricultureCarbon MarketsClimate FinanceDevelopment FinanceEast AfricaEconomic ResponsibilityEnvironmental ResponsibilityFinance & EconomyGlobal Policy & AfricaLaws, Standards & FrameworksMarkets & FinancePolicy & GovernancePolicy & RegulationRegionsSDGs & National Development PlansSociety & DevelopmentSustainabilitySustainability reportingSustainable developmentSustainable Finance & ESGurban sustainabilityWater & Food Systems by Kathambi Muriithi 597 views 4 minutes readKenya is positioning itself for stronger export growth following China’s decision to expand duty-free market access for Kenyan products, a move announced during a Kenya–China trade symposium in Nairobi in…
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Africa accounts for a paltry 1.9 percent of the global share of developed renewable energy capacity, casting a light on the continent’s vastly untapped market. Data compiled by the International…
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Cities in lock down, flights and public transport suspended, travellers in quarantine and surgical masks selling at unprecedented rates. The emergence of the novel coronavirus in Wuhan city, Hubei province, China, as…
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China may be scrambling to knock out the deadly coronavirus which has claimed over 100 lives but it doesn’t mean everything else has been put on hold. Least of all…
