Africa losing billions by surrendering control of mineral prices – WiM-Africa

The Executive Director of Women in Mining Africa (WiM-Africa), Dr Comfort Asokoro-Ogaji, has challenged African countries to stop playing subordinate roles in the global minerals market and build the capacity to influence the prices of their mineral resources.
She said Africa’s huge mineral wealth would remain undervalued unless the continent strengthened its processing industries, market intelligence, financial systems and bargaining power.
Asokoro-Ogaji spoke at the Shanghai Metals Expo 2026 during a roundtable on Eastern Pricing 2.0: Integrating Futures, Physical Markets, Industry and Finance for the Next Stage of Global Metals Pricing.
She lamented that despite Africa’s strategi...