Kenya: what opportunities does digital offer artists?

Faced with the problems of copyright, piracy, with social networks at their fingertips, how can artists use digital to profit from their art? These questions were discussed at the Africa Tech Summit. The African Digital Summit brought together more than 1,000 participants, including investors and entrepreneurs, on February 15 and 16, 2023 in Nairobi. Several … Read more

South Africa: at Mining Indaba, miners want to better regulate gold panning

The west of the continent has experienced a gold boom in recent years, led by Ghana, but also Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso… With, however, always the delicate question of gold panning, artisanal and often illegal, which remains very difficult to supervise and worries other players in the sector. From our correspondent in Johannesburg, With the … Read more

Africa economy – South Africa: at Mining Indaba, miners want to better regulate gold panning

From our correspondent in Johannesburg, With the price of gold continuing to remain very high, and while the West African region is among the richest gold-bearing areas behind Australia and Canada, the yellow metal attracts appetites, both large industrialists, but also millions of artisanal gold miners. This often puts governments in a dilemma, according to … Read more

Chronicle of raw materials – Platinum: deficit in sight on the market from 2023

In 2023, the platinum market will be in deficit and much more than expected, according to the latest calculations by the international group of industrialists and miners in the sector, the WPIC World Platinum Investment Council. The organization expects demand to increase by 24% in a context where supply should only increase, according to its … Read more

South Africa: at the Mining Indaba, the appetite of miners for Africa is undeniable

South Africa hosted this month the annual conference of the Mining Indaba, a large gathering of actors in the African mining sector, in the city of Cape Town. Key topic of the discussions: the metals that will be essential to ensure the energy transition and green technologies. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), the … Read more

Africa economy – South Africa: at the Mining Indaba, the appetite of miners for Africa is undeniable

From our correspondent in Johannesburg, Despite a decline in recent years in investment for exploration on the continent, experts are confident that the trend will reverse, given the appetite for minerals essential to the energy transition. Colin Hamilton is a Commodities Analyst for BMO Capital Markets. For him, ” security of supply is crucial. And … Read more

African leaders seeking food sovereignty

Faced with a series of international crises that have destabilized value chains and caused a shortage of certain products, African states are aiming for food sovereignty. At the Paris Agricultural Show, several countries came to plead the cause of their agriculture and present their policies. « In Senegal, we went from 1.5 million tonnes of … Read more

Ivory Coast: the rubber sector in Paris in search of rehabilitation

At the Paris Agricultural Show, the rubber industry in Côte d’Ivoire came to announce the launch of a rubber labeling process. One way to meet the new requirements set by Europeans in the fight against deforestation. A distinguished guest at the International Agricultural Show in Paris, Côte d’Ivoire made the show. Beyond the promotion of … Read more