The world is entering a new industrial era, built for critical minerals, and this presents an opportunity for Africa to transform its economies, if that transformation is undertaken strategically. This was highlighted by UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) deputy executive secretary and chief economist Hanan Morsy, speaking at the Ministerial Forum on Critical Minerals, Value Chain and Beneficiation on July 10, in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.

The world is entering a new industrial era, built for critical minerals, and this presents an opportunity for Africa to transform its economies, if that transformation is…

The world clearly needs Africa’s minerals. The defining choice is whether that demand preserves the old geography of extraction or helps create a new geography of production,…