Gov't works on critical minerals strategy
Friday, January 17, 2025 | 1820 Views |
Looking forward: Kenewendo PIC.KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Speaking virtually at the Brookings Institute 'Foresight Africa 2025–2030' event held in Washington DC on Wednesday, Kenewendo said it was important that Africa, which hosts an estimated 30% of the world’s critical minerals, prepare itself.
The minister addressed the meeting after President Duma Boko gave a keynote address in which he laid out how Botswana had been able to escape the 'Resource Curse' and had become the global example of prudent minerals policy development and management.
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