What is wrong with us: Africans know mining, but do not understand the business and consequences of mining

The dangerous gap between knowing where minerals are and knowing what to do with them Africa knows mining. We have known it for centuries. We know how to dig. We know how to follow a vein. We know how to wash soil until gold glitters. We know how to point at a hill and say, […]


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