DR Congo Backs $400M Satellite Deal To Tackle Digital Deficit
September 17th, 2025
Via Semafor, an article on DR Congo’s recent $400M satellite deal to tackle its digital deficit: DR Congo is betting on satellite internet to address one of the world’s worst connectivity deficits, with only one in three Congolese connected to mobile internet. Just three months after approving Elon Musk’s Starlink internet service to operate in the country, […]
Read more »Trump’s Congo Gamble: Critical Minerals and a Dangerous New Bargain
August 31st, 2025
Via The Africa Report, a report on the Trump administration’s controversial agreement with Kinshasa, tying US access to the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) mineral reserves to expanded security assistance in the east, a region convulsed by conflict with Rwanda-backed M23 rebels: The minerals that will power the world’s green transition could trap the Democratic […]
Read more »Turning Diplomatic Commitments into Mineral Investments in the Democratic Republic of Congo
July 2nd, 2025
Via CSIS, commentary on how to turn diplomatic commitments into mineral investments in the DRC: Earlier this year, as hostilities escalated between Rwandan-backed M23 rebels and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), President Félix Tshisekedi proposed granting the United States access to the DRC’s mineral resources in exchange for security support. Following intensive negotiations […]
Read more »Trump Has Once-in-a-Century Opportunity in Africa: Grand Inga Hydroelectric Complex
June 27th, 2025
Via Newsmax, commentary on a potential transformational infrastructure opportunity in Africa: At Congo’s Inga Falls, the world’s deepest river plunges down a 315-foot drop, releasing more raw hydraulic energy than any site on Earth. Engineers have long envisioned harnessing that surge through the Grand Inga hydroelectric complex — a seven-station project that, if fully built, […]
Read more »Africa Tightens Grip on Key Minerals
June 24th, 2025
Via Semafor, a look at Africa’s tightening grip of key minerals: Governments across Africa have tightened their control of key minerals, the latest signs of a shift toward resource nationalism. DR Congo, the world’s top producer of cobalt — a key component in batteries and mobile phones — said it would halt exports of the mineral as it […]
Read more »DRC Eyes US Minerals Deal Tied To Peace in Rebel-Hit East
May 31st, 2025
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on DR Congo’s. hopes that a US minerals deal tied to peace in rebel-hit east can be achieved by the end of June: Officials from the Democratic Republic of Congo are optimistic they can reach a deal with Washington next month to secure US investment in critical minerals alongside […]
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