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How copper leaves the Copperbelt
How copper leaves the Copperbelt © Africa Intelligence / Indigo Publications - 2020
Focus Mining 02/11/2020

Truckers in the Copperbelt forced to re-enact Mad Max at the hands of the Chinese 

The arrival of Chinese companies at copper-cobalt deposits in the DRC and Zambia has upset traffic on mineral evacuation routes. They are forcing road transporters to contend with extremely low prices, leaving them no choice but to fight the terms of each new contract and redistribute market shares among the African ports. [...]
Legal exploitation of cannabis for medical use.
Legal exploitation of cannabis for medical use. © WARREN TODA/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP
Focus Business 19/10/2020

Southern Africa's other green revolution 

The slow legalisation of the use of cannabis for medicinal purposes, which got under way in Canada and the United States in 2016, has started a veritable agricultural revolution in Africa. From the mountains of Lesotho to the South African coast, taking in Malawi and Zimbabwe, the sector's major operators have set up partnerships with local entrepreneurs able to oversee plantations and talk to governments about the liberalisation of a form of cultivation which is still largely forbidden on the continent. [...]

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