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A Golden Decade: How Senegal Became West Africa’s New Mining Powerhouse

A Golden Decade: How Senegal Became West Africa’s New Mining Powerhouse For years, Senegal was overshadowed in the gold sector by its wealthier neighbours — Mali, Mauritania and Guinea. But the country is now experiencing a remarkable surge in gold production and investment, recording more than 10.4 tonnes of gold output in 2025, as mining

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Kenya at the Crossroads: How Lamu Port Is Redrawing East Africa Trade Routes

The cranes at Lamu Port are busier than they have ever been. What was once a sluggish infrastructure project, years behind schedule and largely ignored by global shipping firms, has suddenly become one of the most strategically significant pieces of real estate in the Indian Ocean. The reason is simple: the Hormuz Strait, the narrow

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Saudi Arabia’s Rush for African Critical Minerals: Riyadh’s Strategic Scramble for Copper, Cobalt, and Lithium

Saudi Arabia is accelerating a push into African critical mineral markets at a pace that has startled competing investors and attracted sharp attention from China, which has long treated the continent’s mineral wealth as a strategic priority. Riyadh’s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, through the Kingdom’s Public Investment Fund and a constellation of state-linked enterprises,

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Ethiopia Lands $8.5 Billion in Deals at Pan-African Investment Conference in Addis Ababa

Ethiopia has secured investment commitments totalling $8.5 billion at the close of a major Pan-African Investment Conference held in Addis Ababa this week, in what officials described as a landmark moment for the country’s economic recovery and its ambitions to position itself as the continent’s leading destination for foreign capital. The three-day event, hosted at

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