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Investors often fear jurisdiction risk when considering Africa. Governments across the continent are seeking to reassure the world that it's a safe and supportive environment. Africa will be hard to ignore as the world transitions to clean energy, with its abundant resources of lithium, copper, cobalt, and manganese.

"Existing investors are doubling down, and others — like giant BHP Group — are sniffing around the region for the first time in years...there’s a growing awareness that copper and cobalt are central to the world’s shift toward renewable energy, and security of supply will become crucial in the coming decades. The global copper market is already tight and new mines are difficult to find. In cobalt, Congo is so dominant that it’s impossible to ignore."

Zambia's 'government sees copper as “the new oil” and wants to benefit from the growing demand for electrification in the way that oil-rich countries capitalized on energy booms, he said. That means growing production levels.'