Tanzania’s Natural Gas Resources A Major New Project to Re-ignite Investment
The strategic importance of natural gas… Natural gas is viewed by many analysts as an important ‘transition fuel’ for the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions as countries wrestle with diminishing fossil fuel use. However, it is so much ‘cleaner’ than coal and fuel that it could also be considered an energy source for long-term usage. […]
Kenya: The African ICT Hub Aspires to Global Status While Its Dynamic ICT Start-Ups Proliferate
So many ICT projects and initiatives… Here I am sitting at my desk, preparing a blog on Kenya’s remarkable information and communication technologies (ICT) sector. And I’m sitting with a flood of recent developments. The Kenyan mobile network operator is planning a new smartphone factory in the country. The government announces that the national fibre […]
Zimbabwe: Can the Government Succeed in Beneficiating its Vast Lithium Resource?
An important announcement… In December 2022, the Zimbabwean Minister of Mines and Mining Development issued the following government notice: “No lithium-bearing ores, or un-beneficiated lithium whatsoever, shall be exported from Zimbabwe to another country.” The notice went on to state that the ban did not extend to any lithium concentrates which mining houses operating in […]