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 1.2K 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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DR Congo court sentences 54 to Death in landmark verdict over murder of UN experts
AfricaAfrican BusinessesAfrican Policy WatchCentral AfricaClimate & EnvironmentClimate Action & AdaptationClimate FinanceEconomic ResponsibilityEnvironmental ResponsibilityFinance & EconomyGeneralGlobal Policy & AfricaHealthLaws, Standards & FrameworksPolicy & GovernancePolicy & RegulationRegionsSpecial Reports by Kathambi Muriithi 1K views 4 minutes readNearly nine years after the killing of two United Nations investigators in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the country’s High Military Court has sentenced 54 defendants to death in…
