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The annual Mining Indaba in Cape Town this week again shines a spotlight on the importance of institutions and incentives if mining is to yield broad-based development across Africa. (Wikimedia Commons)
BOTSWANA

To render mining valuable, time horizons must shift

The annual Mining Indaba in Cape Town this week again shines a spotlight on the importance of institutions and incentives if mining is to yield broad-based development across…

  • Ross Harvey
5 min read
A new case study proposes that, as part of the country’s energy transition, mining-affected communities, like those in Sekhukhune, set up solar farms through cooperatives to generate electricity for their own use.
AFRICA

A new currency backed by minerals? Africa is gambling on its energy transition

The continent must use energy minerals for its development rather than feeding them to industrialised countries

  • Dean Bhekumuzi Bhebhe
4 min read
Themed flower beds are set up along the street to greet the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) on September 2, 2024 in Beijing, China. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)
AFRICAN ECONOMIC COOPERATION

China’s interests in Africa are being shaped by the race for renewable energy

As the ninth Forum on China–Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) kicks off in Beijing, a new, green theme is shaping their relationship: the global renewable energy race

  • Lauren Johnston
6 min read