Mr Alake, who chairs the Africa Mineral Strategy Group (AMSG), said Africa must move beyond exporting raw minerals and focus instead on value addition, local processing, and industrialisation to achieve economic independence.

Nigeria's FG and AfDB advocate for a Lagos-Dakar minerals corridor to boost Africa's mineral wealth, promoting local processing and value addition.

Nigeria and AfDB advocate for stronger African control over critical minerals, urging data sovereignty, regional collaboration, and local processing to boo