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Climate finance is missing industrial foundation of Africa’s mineral transition

GH · · MyJoyOnline Ghana

The world says it wants a secure and diversified supply of critical minerals. It wants Africa’s lithium for batteries, copper for grids, manganese for cathodes, and bauxite for aluminum-intensive technologies. But when the conversation moves from raw material supply to industrial capacity, the financing becomes thinner, shorter, and far more cautious.