The African Century will be built through green industrialisation, not mined from the ground
Daily Maverick | 02.11.2026 12:00
Growing up in Migori, a gold mining region of western Kenya, offered an early lesson in the contradictions of Africa’s resource wealth. Valuable minerals can be extracted from the ground without significantly improving the lives of the people living around them. It is a familiar story across the continent: raw materials leave African shores, industries and jobs are created elsewhere, and local communities see little of the value generated from their own resources.
