by The Fikiria Desk | Apr 29, 2022 | Farming
The copperbelt is usually discussed as if it were only rock, but the same districts that hold cobalt also hold farms, market towns and rural households whose finances turn on whether roads, power and processing exist. On 29 April 2022 the Democratic Republic of Congo...
by The Fikiria Desk | Apr 29, 2022 | Profiles
The test of an institution is whether an outcome survives the person who announced it. On 29 April 2022 the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia signed a cooperation agreement to build a shared electric-vehicle battery value chain from their copper and cobalt, with...
by The Fikiria Desk | Apr 29, 2022 | Lifestyle
The way a battery is discussed on a signing stage and the way it is felt on a Kolwezi street are two different economies. On 29 April 2022 the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia signed a cooperation agreement to build a shared electric-vehicle battery value chain...
by The Fikiria Desk | Apr 29, 2022 | Property
A battery plant does not begin with chemistry. It begins with land, power lines, water, roads and the permits that decide whether any of it can be built. On 29 April 2022 the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia signed a cooperation agreement to build a shared...