How can Africa benefit from the critical-minerals rush?

In the past, Africa's natural resources have often proven to be a
curse, leading to exploitation, corruption, and immiseration of
indigenous people. Now it finds itself at the center of another
resource boom, this time around the critical minerals that will
fuel the clean energy transition (lithium, copper, etc.). Will
this time be different? Patrick Kipalu argues that indigenous
land rights and informed community consent are not barriers to
investment, but the only way to ensure stable, equitable
development. We explore how African nations can leverage their
resources to benefit their own people.


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