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The World Bank plans to increase its critical minerals financing fivefold over five years, setting out an expanded role for the development lender as governments seek more resilient supply chains and greater domestic economic value from mineral resources.
Read the source ↗Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) is seeking to expand its exposure to iron ore and uranium as competition for critical mineral resources intensifies, reflecting growing efforts by governments and investors to diversify supply chains for electric vehicles, renewable energy and other strategic industries.
Read the source ↗Africa is not emerging as a single investment market. It is splitting into distinct investment zones, each offering a different combination of capital depth, growth, infrastructure, reform momentum, market scale and risk.
Read the source ↗Africa's industrialisation story is entering a more consequential phase. For decades, industrial policy across much of the continent focused primarily on import substitution—reducing dependence on imported goods through domestic production. While that objective remains important, a new generation of African manufacturers is increasingly competing on a larger stage: supplying regional markets under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), integrating into global supply chains, and producing higher-value manufactured exports.
Read the source ↗Global electric vehicle (EV) sales fell by 2% in September, ending six consecutive months of growth as weaker demand in North America and China outweighed record sales in Europe. The figures point to an increasingly uneven market for manufacturers, battery suppliers and investors assessing the pace of the transition away from conventional vehicles.
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