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• Former President Obasanjo Urges Africa to End Raw Material Exports and Prioritize Value Addition

  Published: Apr 13, 2026

  Section: Africa

  Addressing the 2026 African Refiners and Distributors Association (ARDA) conference in Cape Town, former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo emphasized that Africa must transition...

• Agricultural Experts Demand Structural Value Chain Overhaul to Combat Looming Food Insecurity and Rising Inflation

  Published: Mar 20, 2026

  Section: Africa

  Prominent stakeholders in Nigeria’s agribusiness sector have warned that current production targets will fail without fundamental reforms in mechanization, irrigation, and post-har...

• West African Industrial Leaders Identify Logistics and Non-Harmonized Standards as Primary Barriers to Intra-Continental Trade

  Published: Mar 5, 2026

  Section: Africa

  At the West Africa Industrialisation, Manufacturing and Trade Summit, George Onafowokan, Managing Director of Coleman Technical Industries, argued that multiple border charges and...

• African leaders urged to leverage vast mineral wealth as strategic tool for global energy transition

  Published: Mar 2, 2026

  Section: Africa

  Africa holds an estimated $29.5 trillion in mineral wealth, representing 30% of the world's critical reserves necessary for green technology. Mohamed Okash of SIMAD University argu...