Keeping it local The DRC is stepping into the global battery minerals market with plans to develop a locally owned US$350 million copper-cobalt refinery. About 70% of the world’s cobalt is sourced from foreign-owned… Read more
Vital shots Diabetes sufferers in Africa will soon have access to cheaper insulin. Following the signing of a manufacturing deal between Denmark’s Novo Nordisk and South Africa’s Aspen Pharmacare, about 16 million… Read more
Light works A South African mining group has secured renewable energy supply for its platinum operations in the North West. Following the finalisation of funding, construction is set to begin on the ZAR2.5… Read more
Fine art An African e-commerce platform dedicated to the continent’s creators and artisans is getting a US$3.4 million boost. Africa Business Communities reports that the International Finance Corporation (IFC) is making an… Read more
Private connection In a first for the City of Cape Town, in South Africa’s Western Cape, privately generated, solar-powered energy has been wheeled from one part of the city to another over… Read more
