Africa urged to move from critical-minerals rhetoric to tangible development
South Africa and the broader African continent hold vast critical minerals essential to the global clean energy transition, yet the challenge remains turning this potential into tangible economic and industrial development. Hence, when policymakers, industry leaders, and development financiers converge at platforms such as the recent Investing in African Mining Indaba 2026 in Cape Town, the message is increasingly clear: Africa must move beyond pronouncements of its mineral wealth and focus on implementation, infrastructure, and strategic value addition.
South Africa and the broader African continent hold vast critical minerals essential to the global clean energy transition, yet the challenge remains turning this potential into tangible economic and industrial development. Hence, when policymakers, industry leaders, and development financiers converge at platforms such as the recent Investing in African Mining Indaba 2026 in Cape Town, the message is increasingly clear: Africa must move beyond pronouncements of its mineral wealth and focus on implementation, infrastructure, and strategic value addition.
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