Archive for the ‘Rwanda’ Category

DRC-Rwanda: Rubaya Coltan Mine at the Heart of M23 Financing

Courtesy of The Africa Report, a look at how a coltan mine is integral to M23 funding: In April 2024, Rwandan-backed armed group M23 seized one of the world’s most productive coltan concessions, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Since then, a UN report estimates that 120 tonnes of the precious mineral are mined every […]

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Africa: Home To Some Of The Fastest Growing Economies in 2025

Via The Economist, a look at Africa where several fast-growing economies show that not everyone is having a lost decade: To walk around Luanda, Angola’s capital, is to tour a graveyard of another era. Half-finished or empty skyscrapers loom over the sun-kissed corniche. Some of the bars along the beach are gaudy monuments to when the […]

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Africa’s EV Revolution: Two Wheels, Not Four

Via The Economist, a look at why Africa’s EV revolution has two wheels not four: With his electric motorcycle resting on the curbside, Stephen Omusugu explains the economics. The two-wheel-taxi man from Nairobi, Kenya’s capital, went electric a month ago, after watching several of his colleagues do the same. He took out a loan for the […]

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God, Bars, Roads, and The Struggle for The African Economy

Via Pan African Review, commentary on how a drive into Africa’s heartland serves up endless churches and loud roadside bars rather than factories or other businesses: Some years ago, the Uganda government rebuilt and widened the road from the western region city of Mbarara to Kabale onwards to the border with Rwanda. It was a […]

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Are Rwandan Troops Becoming Cabo Delgado’s Main Security Provider?

Via Eurasia Review, a look at the growing security relationship between Rwanda and Mozambique: In July 2021, around 1 000 personnel from the Rwanda Defence Force and Rwanda National Police arrived in the terrorist-hit Mozambique province of Cabo Delgado. The province faced a severe threat from violent extremism characterised by increased attacks on civilians and […]

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Rwanda: Banking On Its Rich Mineral Deposits To Attract Investors

Via The Africa Report, an article on Rwanda’s mining potential: In an industry plagued with accusations of environmental degradation, labour abuse and obscure sourcing, Peter Geleta, CEO of Trinity Metals Group, is keen to defend his company’s mining record during The Africa Report’s visit to one of Trinity’s mines in Nyakabingo on the outskirts of Kigali, Rwanda. Geleta dons a hard […]

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