Though it has been successful, widening the number of eligible countries will be critical to meeting global demand for critical minerals...

There are two elephants in the room. The first is the Lady R saga and what did/did not happen that December night, how it was handled by the US and whether there will be consequences. The second is Eskom — whether SA’s energy sector can be revived, thereby helping the economy escape from the current chokehold....

Policymakers resistance will not stop the transition, it will simply make it economically damaging...

We spend a lot of time talking about how to address climate change: we’ll drive electric cars, use renewable energy, fly less and eat less meat, and so on. But there’s been a matter that’s simply not discussed enough — how do we get our workforce through this? We have a labour crisis coming at us....

Gold mining is a sunset industry that can go out with pride after having built the economy...

Namibia exports beef to the US but has banned the export of unprocessed lithium and other critical minerals...

In the years leading up to the August 2021 election of Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema, the government of the Republic of Zambia (GRZ) rolled out a series of fiscal policies that undermined the profitability of Zambian mining, a major obstacle for one of Africa’s leading copper and cobalt producers. This included the 10th royalty increase in 16 years, double taxation by which royalty payments were not tax deductible for corporate income tax, withheld value-tax refunds, and a 5% import levy that made domestic processing uncompetitive and increased uncertainty of tenure as the government sought to take mines over....

China’s flailing economy should force it to rethink the implications of brash geopolitical decisions in Taiwan. Despite being the second largest economy in the world, the loss of investor confidence and resulting challenges has highlighted the country’s precarity....

An alternative way is needed to manage risk as companies withdraw from the most vulnerable markets...

Intensification of hydrogen diplomacy could prove a boon for Sub-Saharan Africa...

When it comes to the future of US-South Africa relations, the debate has been dense: multilateral convenings, trade agreements, and political alliances. But little has been said about South Africa’s critical comparative advantage in this situation....

When it was established during the Obama administration, the President’s Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa—or its acronym PAC-DBIA—was an important initiative, and it still is highly relevant. After all, the body was charged with providing recommendations to the president of the United States through the secretary of commerce on how to increase the U.S. commercial presence in Africa. Who better to provide advice than some of the leading American companies on the continent?...