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UNGA 81: President Tinubu Calls for Unified African Front to End Raw Mineral Exports
NEW YORK — Speaking on the sidelines of the ongoing 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 81) in New York, Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has urged #African leaders to forge an aggressive continental alliance to halt the export of unprocessed mineral resources.
Delivering his address at the 3rd Africa Minerals Strategy Group (AMSG) High-Level Roundtable on Critical Minerals, President Tinubu stressed that Africa can no longer remain a passive supplier of wealth to foreign industries while its own people face #economic deprivation.
Key Highlights of the Address:
* Shift to In-House Processing: President Tinubu declared that Africa’s answer to global energy and tech demand must go beyond extraction to include refining, battery manufacturing, local components, and technology development.
* Ending Market Fragmentation: He warned that individual African nations undercutting one another with lower royalties and weak local-content rules damages the continent’s collective bargaining power.
* Industrial Synergy: #Tinubu advocated for integrated African supply chains, joint infrastructure development, and a unified policy framework to ensure minerals mined on African soil build African #industries and create local #jobs.
* Value-Addition Licensing: Highlighting Nigeria’s internal reforms, the President noted that new mining licenses in the #country now require mandatory local processing commitments alongside measures to curb illegal mining.
> "For generations, Africa has furnished the materials of prosperity elsewhere. Our duty is to ensure that the future being fashioned from African minerals has room for African ambition."
> — President Bola Ahmed Tinubu
Azamax Analysis
Africa holds a massive share of the critical minerals—such as lithium, cobalt, and rare earth elements—required for global clean energy, #artificial intelligence, and advanced electronics. President Tinubu's call at UNGA 81 underscores a growing shift across the continent toward resource #nationalism and industrial autonomy. By encouraging unified continental policies, African leaders aim to move the continent up the global value chain from price-taking resource exporters to high-value industrial hubs.
Reporting for Azamax TV News, New York.
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UNGA 81: President Tinubu Calls for Unified African Front to End Raw Mineral Exports
NEW YORK — Speaking on the sidelines of the ongoing 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 81) in New York, Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has urged #African leaders to forge an aggressive continental alliance to halt the export of unprocessed mineral resources.
Delivering his address at the 3rd Africa Minerals Strategy Group (AMSG) High-Level Roundtable on Critical Minerals, President Tinubu stressed that Africa can no longer remain a passive supplier of wealth to foreign industries while its own people face #economic deprivation.
Key Highlights of the Address:
* Shift to In-House Processing: President Tinubu declared that Africa’s answer to global energy and tech demand must go beyond extraction to include refining, battery manufacturing, local components, and technology development.
* Ending Market Fragmentation: He warned that individual African nations undercutting one another with lower royalties and weak local-content rules damages the continent’s collective bargaining power.
* Industrial Synergy: #Tinubu advocated for integrated African supply chains, joint infrastructure development, and a unified policy framework to ensure minerals mined on African soil build African #industries and create local #jobs.
* Value-Addition Licensing: Highlighting Nigeria’s internal reforms, the President noted that new mining licenses in the #country now require mandatory local processing commitments alongside measures to curb illegal mining.
> "For generations, Africa has furnished the materials of prosperity elsewhere. Our duty is to ensure that the future being fashioned from African minerals has room for African ambition."
> — President Bola Ahmed Tinubu
Azamax Analysis
Africa holds a massive share of the critical minerals—such as lithium, cobalt, and rare earth elements—required for global clean energy, #artificial intelligence, and advanced electronics. President Tinubu's call at UNGA 81 underscores a growing shift across the continent toward resource #nationalism and industrial autonomy. By encouraging unified continental policies, African leaders aim to move the continent up the global value chain from price-taking resource exporters to high-value industrial hubs.
Reporting for Azamax TV News, New York.
