Resources and economy. Exploring the wealth of Africa's natural resources and the history of foreign intervention in Africa's ...

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The head of the African Development Bank is calling for an end to loans given in exchange for the continent's rich supplies of oil or critical minerals used in smartphones and ...

What: Webinar on Unlocking Africa's Agro-minerals and Natural Gas to Catalyze Investments in Fertilizer Supply ChainsWho: African Natural Resources Management & Investment Center (ECNR) and African ...

Africa's leaders are increasingly united around a simple but transformative idea: the continent can no longer afford to remain merely a supplier of raw materials to the rest of the world. At the 5th ...

Segilola Resources Operating Limited (SROL) has reaffirmed its commitment to responsible mining and sustainable development ...

In an article in this month’s Africa in Fact, Joshua Greenstein and I proposed measures that could help direct Africa’s natural resource wealth into investments for development—instead of into the ...

African governments get a lot of bashing for stealing and mismanaging their country’s natural resources. Some, including progressive non profit organisations in the Global North, insist that most of ...

In this listicle, we explore the key natural resources that have captured the attention of the world within each of Africa's 54 nations From the sweeping deserts to lush rainforests, each African ...

China’s appetite for Africa’s natural resources is fueled by the Asian giant’s expanding economic boom – a boom that makes it willing to invest not only in the extractive industries sector, but also ...

In the face of mounting challenges, Africa stands at a crossroads: unite or perish. The analogy of Africa as a struggling company under receivership aptly captures the urgency of the situation. With ...