Published: October 19, 2026 MONROVIA — Vice President Jeremiah Kpan Koung has challenged African leaders to end the continent’s overdependence on raw mineral exports and pursue a coordinated industrialization strategy that transforms Africa’s vast mineral wealth into jobs, manufacturing industries, infrastructure and sustainable economic growth. Speaking on behalf of President Joseph Nyuma Boakai at the…
President Museveni has urged European countries to support Africa in processing its raw materials into finished products, saying value addition would create jobs, increase export earnings and strengthen trade between the two continents. Museveni made the remarks on Wednesday after hosting European Union ambassadors led by the bloc’s ambassador to Uganda, Jan Sadek, at State…
President Bola Tinubu has called on African countries to end their long-standing dependence on exporting raw cocoa beans and focus on value addition to increase earnings from the global chocolate industry. Tinubu made the call on Tuesday at the Africa Cocoa Summit in Abuja, themed ‘From Bean to Brand,’ where stakeholders discussed strategies for strengthening…
Cheapside, London — Dean Adansi, Chief Executive Officer of Ghana International Bank (GHIB), has unveiled a financing blueprint aimed at breaking Africa’s dependence on raw commodity exports and driving investment into local value addition. Speaking to the BBC on the sidelines of GHIB CONVERGE 2025 in London, Adansi argued that Africa is losing billions of…
