Africa’s Copperbelt and the Atlantic
August 26th, 2024
Via Geopolitical Futures, a quick summary of the Lobito Corridor, whose success depends on financing: The Lobito Corridor is a planned 1,850-km (1,150-mile) railway connecting the Democratic Republic of Congo to the Atlantic Ocean via Angola’s Port of Lobito, with an additional 500 km extension linking Zambia to the main route. Announced in September 2023, […]
Read more »Africa To Have Six Cities With Over 10 Million Inhabitants by 2035
August 24th, 2024
Via North Africa Post, a report on the continent’s rapidly growing population: Amid a rapid population growth, Africa will count six cities with over 10 million people by 2035, the Economist Intelligence Unit said. With the continent’s population boom, Angola’s capital, Luanda, and Tanzania’s commercial hub, Dar es Salaam, will join the metropolises of Cairo, […]
Read more »The U.S.-Backed Railway Sparking A Battle For African Copper
August 21st, 2024
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a look at how Washington’s support for a minerals train connecting the DRC to the Atlantic illustrates its desire to compete with China: As the US ambassador’s car pulled into a port terminal on Angola’s Atlantic coast last month, the longshoremen queueing for work were ecstatic at the sight of […]
Read more »UK Partners With DP World to Build Congo’s First Deep-Sea Port
August 20th, 2024
Via Bloomberg, an article on plans to build the DRC’s first deep sea port: British International Investment to invest $35 million Commercial development to start soon at Congo’s port of Banana DP World and the British government’s development-finance arm will break ground on a deep-sea port in the Democratic Republic of Congo as the Emirate logistics […]
Read more »China Drives African Lithium Surge to Lock in Key Battery Metal
August 13th, 2024
Via Bloomberg, a report on how Chinese miners and refiners are driving a surge in African lithium output: African mines projected to account for 14% of supply by 2028 West is lagging behind China in securing critical minerals Chinese miners and refiners are driving a surge in African lithium output, shrugging off concerns over a […]
Read more »DRC’s Dilemma: Development or Conservation of Resources
July 28th, 2024
Via The East African, a look at the DRC’s dilemma between development or conservation: Nature conservation is a concept that means very little to the vast majority of the Congolese population, yet it is one of the most important issues facing the planet. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, in the run-up to International Day […]
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