Found only in a 14-square-kilometre zone near Mount Kilimanjaro, tanzanite's exclusivity commands premium global prices. Tanzania is pushing domestic...
Ghana produces over 130 tonnes of gold annually, Africa's highest. A new Gold Board and domestic refining push aim to capture the premium that refined...
Africa's exclusive economic zones cover 13 million square kilometres of ocean. The continent earns less than 7 percent of the value of fish caught in...
South Africa holds 90 percent of global platinum group metal reserves. Hydrogen fuel cell demand is creating a structural new demand floor for platinu...
Senegal produces up to 1.1 million tonnes of groundnuts annually. New Chinese-Senegalese processing plants and a recovery in global edible oil demand...
Guinea's Simandou deposit holds 8.6 billion tonnes of high-grade iron ore. Its development, finally underway with a $20 billion investment, is the lar...
Madagascar supplies 80 percent of global natural vanilla. Prices swung from $600 per kilogram in 2018 to $80 in 2023. A geographic indication framewor...
Congo Basin timber exports generate $1.2 billion annually across six countries. EU Deforestation Regulation requirements from 2025 are accelerating th...
Tanzania's Kabanga nickel-cobalt deposit and the Eyasi Lithium Project are among East Africa's most significant battery metal assets. Wentworth Resour...
As the world races to build EV and energy storage supply chains, Africa's lithium, cobalt, manganese, and nickel deposits have become strategic prizes...
Africa holds 62 percent of global manganese reserves. Battery-grade manganese demand is surging as LMFP cathode chemistry gains EV market share, creat...
Africa's hydrocarbon producers face a dual challenge: managing today's price swings while preparing for a world that may use significantly less oil by...
Ivanhoe Mines's Kipushi project produced first zinc concentrate in 2024 from a deposit grading 35 percent zinc equivalent. It is the highest-grade zin...
The global shea butter market is growing at 8 to 10 percent annually. Ghana and Burkina Faso export 250,000 tonnes combined but most refining and valu...
Africa holds 20 percent of global uranium reserves. As nuclear energy regains favour in low-carbon energy strategies, Namibia and South Africa are pos...