Are African countries aware of their own mineral wealth? Ghana and Rwanda offer two very different answers

Are African countries aware of their own mineral wealth? Ghana and Rwanda offer two very different answers

Imagine running a business for over a century without knowing what’s in your warehouse. That’s essentially what many African countries are doing with their mineral wealth. Governments across the continent still have very little knowledge of what lies beneath their soil. Between the 18th and 20th centuries, European colonial powers exploited African mineral wealth for their industrialisation. Post-independence, many African nations nationalised t…

Are African countries aware of their own mineral wealth?

Beyond economic and technical costs, context-specific political dynamics shape the decision to invest in geological mapping.