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What Does It Take to Implement Africa-Europe Critical Minerals Partnerships?
Circle: What Does It Take to Implement Africa-Europe Critical Minerals Partnerships?
March 26, 2026
Berlin
At the ninth edition of The Africa Roundtable on raw material partnerships, discussions made clear that Europe’s ambitions to secure access to critical minerals in Africa will remain difficult to achieve without stronger private sector engagement. In this follow-up Circle, participants worked to further refine and operationalize the resulting recommendations.
With around 30% of the world’s critical minerals located on the African continent, Africa is a key partner for Europe’s green and digital transition. While other actors, such as China, recognized this strategic importance early and invested accordingly, European engagement in energy and infrastructure projects has so far remained limited.
The focus now is on translating strategic interest into viable business cases. This will require greater private investment, reduced bureaucratic barriers, effective risk-sharing instruments, and a clear commitment to local value creation and sustainable standards.
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Stephanie Igunbor, s.igunbor@globalperspectives.org
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