DR Congo seeks more control over cobalt, a key to Africa’s resource transition


Issue 460 - 13 May 2022 | 2 minute read

As African countries seek to use their resources more productively, cobalt may be a prime example of a natural resource, now only exported as a raw material, that could spur industrialisation. But much depends on whether weak governments in host countries can manage such a transition.

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