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Could Tanzania Miss the Manufacturing Opportunity?

September 29, 2026
Africa is becoming increasingly important to the global transition towards cleaner energy, with countries across the continent holding minerals needed for batteries, electric vehicles, renewable-energy systems and other technologies. But for Tanzania, the emerging green-minerals economy raises a critical question:

Tanzania Must Learn From Africa’s Costly Mining Deals

September 29, 2026
As competition for Africa’s minerals intensifies, Tanzania faces another major challenge: how to negotiate mining agreements that protect national interests over decades, rather than focusing only on immediate investment and export revenues. The question is particularly important because mining contracts

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Netanyahu Orders Potential ICC Case Against Erdogan

September 28, 2026
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has instructed officials to prepare a potential legal case against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the International Criminal Court (ICC), escalating an already strained relationship between Israel and Turkey. According to Israeli broadcaster i24NEWS, Netanyahu directed an inter-ministerial team and the head of Israel’s International Law Department to begin compiling material for a possible

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Could Tanzania Miss the Manufacturing Opportunity?

September 29, 2026
Africa is becoming increasingly important to the global transition towards cleaner energy, with countries across the continent holding minerals needed for batteries, electric vehicles, renewable-energy systems and other technologies. But for Tanzania, the emerging green-minerals economy raises a critical question: Will the

Tanzania Must Learn From Africa’s Costly Mining Deals

September 29, 2026
As competition for Africa’s minerals intensifies, Tanzania faces another major challenge: how to negotiate mining agreements that protect national interests over decades, rather than focusing only on immediate investment and export revenues. The question is particularly important because mining contracts can determine

Who Will Own Tanzania’s Battery Future?

September 29, 2026
Tanzania’s growing graphite and critical-minerals sector is placing the country closer to the global battery supply chain, but an important question remains: How much of the battery industry’s value will actually remain in Tanzania? The country is already attracting investment aimed at

Tanzania Faces Critical Minerals Risks From Global Demand

September 29, 2026
Tanzania’s ambition to develop its critical-minerals sector and attract international investment presents an opportunity to strengthen industrialisation, but experiences from countries such as Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) show the risks that can emerge when mineral production expands faster

Africa’s Critical Minerals Pipeline Surges 36%

September 28, 2026
Africa’s critical-minerals project pipeline has expanded by 36% since early 2025, reflecting growing global interest in the continent’s mineral resources, but the increase in exploration and development has yet to translate into a comparable rise in actual production. An updated database compiled

US Deepens Africa Minerals Push, Raising Value-Chain Concerns

September 28, 2026
The United States is rapidly expanding its involvement in Africa’s critical minerals sector, but the growing competition for the continent’s copper, cobalt, lithium, graphite, rare earths and other strategic resources is raising questions over whether African countries will capture enough of the

Netanyahu Orders Potential ICC Case Against Erdogan

September 28, 2026
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has instructed officials to prepare a potential legal case against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the International Criminal Court (ICC), escalating an already strained relationship between Israel and Turkey. According to Israeli broadcaster i24NEWS, Netanyahu directed

Kenya Licensed To Produce Potential Monthly HIV Prevention Pill

September 28, 2026
Kenya has been selected to manufacture a potential new once-monthly oral medicine for HIV prevention, placing the country among a small group of African manufacturers preparing to produce the investigational drug before completion of its final clinical trials. Global pharmaceutical company Merck,
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