Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Africa must benefit from its mineral and natural resources

By Carlos Lopes



Africa’s political economy is deeply ingrained with its history of the exploitation and (mis)-management of its mineral and natural resources.

More than 500 years after commercial exploitation of Africa’s resources, Africa continues to host many of the large and unexploited deposits of minerals globally. For example, Africa accounts for three-quarters of the world’s platinum supply, and half of its diamonds and chromium. It has up to one-fifth of gold and uranium

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