A 2024 Swissaid report reveals that between 321 and 474 metric tons of gold are smuggled from Africa annually through artisanal mining, repr

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has emerged as a major player in Africa's critical minerals sector, driven by the global shift towards clean

Microsoft and G42 are investing $1 billion in Kenya's digital infrastructure, marking the largest private-sector digital investment in the c

Microsoft and G42 announced a $1 billion investment in Kenya, marking the largest private-sector digital investment in the country's history

Chile's CORFO has agreed to increase Albemarle's lithium production quota by 240,000 metric tons of lithium metal equivalent (LME), nearly 5

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SMIC, China's largest semiconductor manufacturer, faces intense competition and declining profits, with a significant 68.9% drop in net inco

Rwanda has strongly denied accusations from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that Apple sources conflict minerals from a disputed area

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella recently concluded a visit to Southeast Asia, committing billions to enhance the region's cloud and artificial i

PLDT, the leading telecommunications provider in the Philippines with a market capitalization exceeding $5 billion, is negotiating the...

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Veronica Bolton Smith makes the case that the participating countries in the Lobito Corridor need to do more to become part

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Latin American retail giant Parque Arauco has chosen four proptech startups, from four countries, from over one hundred applicants to join i

Vietnam has a booming "low-end" electronics manufacturing sector and now has its sights on a new challenge of carving out a niche in the fie

KoBold is a well-funded upstart in Africa mining that has secured rights to Zambia's Mingoba deposit which was first discovered in 1979 by A

Blackstone is not alone in its ambitions to rapidly expand its data center holdings. Firms like KKR, Digital Realty, and Brookfield are also

The United States government, through the Development Finance Corporation ("DFC"), is backing a South African rare earth mine with a $50 mil