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Uganda: Busia Leaders Demand Mining Act Review, Push for Fair Royalties

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – Uganda’s Busia District leaders have demanded a review of the Mining and Minerals Act, calling for a … More

accountability, Busia Mining Company, equity, gold, land compensation injustices, Mining and Minerals Act, transparency, uganda

Neiti – Why Nigeria Must Reform Solid Minerals Sector Now

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has urged urgent reforms to transform Nigeria’s solid minerals sector, which currently contributes … More

investment, cobalt, nigeria, lithium, fpic, Rare Earths, clean energy, governance, solid minerals sector, GDP, NEITI, diversification, reforms

Tanzania Hits Sky-High Success in Mining, Mineral Value Addition

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – Tanzania’s Deputy Prime Minister Doto Biteko announced that the rapid growth of mining and mineral value addition … More

8th Mining Technology Exhibition, Bank of Tanzania, economic growth, electricity demand, Geita, gold reserves, mining sector, national economy, tanzania, Value Addition

Uganda: Mining, Finance Leaders Chart Sustainable Growth Path At 14th Mineral Wealth Conference

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – At the 14th Mineral Wealth Conference in Kampala, Uganda’s government, financiers, and industry leaders emphasized sustainable mineral … More

economic growth, gold refinery, green financing, I&M Bank, industrialization, Kilembe Mines, lithium, Mineral Wealth Conference, mining sector, Ruth Nankabirwa, sustainability, tin smelting, uganda, Value Addition

Zimbabwe: ZCTU Slams Sino-Bikita Minerals, Says Sovereignty Has Been Mortgaged

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has accused the government of mortgaging national sovereignty by allowing … More

Chinese investors, Constitution, exploitation, ILO, Labour Act, labour rights, mining sector, Sino-Bikita Minerals, sovereignty, ZCTU, zimbabwe

Colonialism hijacks energy transition: 70% of minerals for renewables lies in Global South but the majority of profits are captured by the world’s richest

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – Oxfam’s new report, highlighted by Director Amitabh Behar, argues that a just energy transition requires dismantling global … More

Carbon Colonialism, debt crisis, decolonized energy, energy justice, Global South, indigenous rights, inequality, just transition, Oxfam, public-first financing, renewable energy

At UNGA 80, Tinubu Wants Africa to Finance Its Mineral Assets, Wield Power in Global Supply

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – At the 80th UN General Assembly, President Bola Tinubu, represented by Vice President Kashim Shettima, urged African … More

africa, Africa Mineral Token, beneficiation, Critical Minerals, industrialization, minerals, nigeria, sovereignty, supply chains, Tinubu, UNGA 80, Value Addition

‘Angola Produces Large Quantities of Oil and Diamonds, Yet Most People Don’t See the Benefits’

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – Angola’s July 2025 fuel subsidy cuts sparked mass protests exposing deep frustrations over corruption, mismanagement, poverty, and … More

angola, civil society, corruption, diamonds, elections, fuel subsidy removal, governance, Human Rights, inequality, MPLA, oil, poverty, protests, repression, resource management

The World Is Hungry for Lithium, and Liberia Is Sitting On Billions of Dollars’ Worth.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – Liberia’s newly discovered lithium reserves, worth billions, present a historic opportunity to fuel national development, but the … More

angola, botswana, Burkina Faso, china, economic sovereignty, foreign exploitation, ghana, industrialization, liberia, lithium, mining, namibia, resource ownership

Congo-Kinshasa: Mining DR Congo’s Cobalt – False Solution to Climate Transition?

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – The Democratic Republic of Congo, which produces over 70% of the world’s cobalt, faces a paradox where … More

artisanal mining, biodiversity loss, clean energy transition, cobalt, COP30, deforestation, DR Congo, ecosystem-based adaptation, health impacts, Katanga, Kolwezi, mining, pollution

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