Africa Must Stop Being 'Tricked' Into Exporting Raw Minerals: Analyst Elaborates
20:49 29.07.2026 (Updated: 21:52 29.07.2026)
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Focus on local processing: Africa's policies must emphasize local processing and value addition, with governments building smelters and refineries, such as the gold refinery in Tanzania, Tanzanian political analyst Reeves Ngalemwa told Sputnik Africa.
A model for the region: This refinery, for example, "could serve the entire East African region," and similar facilities should be established for other minerals like cobalt and coltan, which are critical for battery manufacturing, he proposed.
Creating jobs at home: For example, battery factories or at least key components can be manufactured in Africa.
A model for the region: This refinery, for example, "could serve the entire East African region," and similar facilities should be established for other minerals like cobalt and coltan, which are critical for battery manufacturing, he proposed.
Creating jobs at home: For example, battery factories or at least key components can be manufactured in Africa.
"Even if not complete batteries, then key components can be made here, and then they can go elsewhere to be assembled, so we share the employment," Ngalemwa asserted.
