African nations roll out policies to keep green wealth at home

A new heat supply system at Billwerder Prison that combines three heat pumps that use air heat to replace fossil fuels in heat generation. [AFP]

You are probably reading this story on a laptop or phone that is assembled by minerals like cobalt, lithium, and manganese.

These metals are central to the green-energy transition sweeping across the globe. And Africa holds large reserves of them. Yet much of the processing and manufacturing happens outside the continent.