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Africa Must Rewire $29.5 Trillion Mineral Endowment Around Industry, Infrastructure and Demand-AFC

The report argues that improving geological data availability and quality is a necessary first step to de-risk projects and unlock exploration capital February 9, 2026/AFC Africa hosts an estimated US$29.5 trillion in mine-site mineral value, representing about 20% of global mineral wealth, yet captures only a fraction of the economic […]

Dangote, NNPC Seal Strategic Gas Agreements

February 1, 2026/Dangote Group Towards meeting the energy demands of their ongoing expansion projects, three subsidiaries of Dangote Industries Limited, Dangote Petroleum Refinery, Dangote Fertiliser Plant and Dangote Cement Plc have scaled up their Gas Sales and Purchase Agreements (GSPA) with subsidiaries of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC […]

Outlook for the Economy and Monetary Policy

January 30, 2026/US Federal Reserve By Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle W. Bowman Good morning, and thank you for the invitation to join you today.1 It is a pleasure to be with you for the Southwestern Graduate School of Banking’s 161st Assembly for Bank Directors. Before we get started on […]