How Green Energy Can Provide Real Opportunity For Development In Africa

With clean energy technology set to play a significant role in delivering on ambitious global climate targets, John Félicité, Director explains how African nations are perfectly positioned to help those goals be achieved.

As technology becomes increasingly ubiquitous and the world moves into what has been described as the fourth industrial revolution (4IR), it is perhaps easy to forget that many of the materials that help build and run cutting-edge technological equipment are derived from traditional mining processes.

Certain metals - including copper, nickel, cobalt and lithium - are critical to technological advancement, and are being used widely in the products that we use every day.