DR Congo Seals Deal With US of America on Critical Minerals
Following the shortlist of state-controlled mining assets — including #cobalt, #copper, #gold, #lithium, and #manganese — submitted in January 2026
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Zijin Gold International’s IPO on HKEX Raises Record $3.2B
On Monday, 29 September 2025, Zijin Gold International made its debut on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) and managed
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Qatar Backs Zimbabwe Gas Project Through Equity in Invictus Energy
Qatar’s Al Mansour Holdings and Invictus Energy (ASX: IVZ) announced a partnership agreement whereby the Qatari Sovereign Wealth Fund (#SWF)
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Qatar Pledges $180B to Support Burundi Vision 2040-2060
On 16 August 2025, Qatar Sheikh Masour bin Jabor bin Jassim al Thani arrived in Bujumbura with a high-level 22-member
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Adesina Urges Africa to Be More Self-Reliant in an Increasingly Transactional and Fragmented World
At the African Development Bank (AfDB) Annual Meeting 2025 (#AfDBAM2025), which opened in Cote d’Ivoire on 26th May 2025, Dr
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Indonesia Appoints Ray Dalio as Advisor on Upstart Sovereign Wealth Fund Danantara
On Monday 24 March 2025, the newly created Sovereign Wealth Fund (#SWF) of Indonesia, Danantara, that it has hired Ray
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Dangote Renews Confidence in Ethiopia with $400M Expansion of Cement Plant
On 15 February 2025, Aliko Dangote announced that he is investing USD 400 million. In in Ethiopia to double the
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Africa50 to Set Up $500M Green Off-Grid Power Fund
Africa50, a pan-continental infrastructural investor based in Casablanca, is setting up a USD 500 million fund targeted at promoting green
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USA to Set Up Sovereign Wealth Fund Under Trump
On Monday 3 January 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order to create a Sovereign Wealth Fund (#SWF). The measure
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M300 Africa Energy Summit Touts Electrifying Africa as ‘Mission Possible’
On 27 January 2025, the Mission 300 Africa Energy Summit kicked off in Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. Along with
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