Are African countries aware of their own mineral wealth? Ghana and Rwanda offer two very different answers

PHYSorg
Aug 11, 2025, 10:23 am111 pts
Imagine running a business for over a century without knowing what's in your warehouse. That's essentially what many African countries are doing with their mineral wealth. Governments across the continent still have very little knowledge of what lies beneath their soil.

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