1、MACIGMINING IN AFRICA COUNTRY INVESTMENT GUIDE2024GLOBAL BUSI N ESS REP ORT SWe are proud to release the latest edition of MACIG,the“Mining in Africa Country Invest-ment Guide,”which since its first edition in 2014 has grown to become the reference book across the African mining investment community

2、.A decade after launching the first MACIG,the 2024 edition still spans thousands of kilometers,over 150 interviews,and a dozen country profiles to paint the most comprehensive picture of a complex and fundamental continent for global mining.Importantly,and to bridge print and digital,this is the fir

3、st edition of GBRs print book that makes use of QR codes to give readers exclusive digital content.In light of the green transition,Africas geological wealth is once again the center of at-tention,to the extent that many of the mining executives interviewed by GBR flagged a new“scramble for Africa”b

4、etween Western and Eastern powers.Geopolitical competi-tion for critical minerals is exemplified by large capital investments,such as the Lobito Corridor,by which the US and the EU intend to reduce Chinas dominance in the critical minerals space.Leaders in Africa realize the power of regional as wel

5、l as public-private partnerships,and have vowed to ensure local populations increasingly benefit from the Mother Con-tinents resources.In 2023,several African countries renewed their push to create,re-tain and capture value.In Namibia,for example,the authorities introduced a ban on the export of raw

6、 critical minerals,hoping to boost its downstream capabilities.Tanzania and Zimbabwe added in-country beneficiation as key tenets in their development road-maps,while the DRC and Zambia launched Special Economic Zones to strengthen the refining component of their battery supply chain.Heading into 20