Jayden Bagshaw

1 month ago | exportfocusafrica.com | Tomasz Janowski |Jayden Bagshaw

Tin prices jumped to eight-month highs on Thursday after Alphamin Resources said it would temporarily cease operations at its Bisie tin mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo due to unrest in North Kivu province. Prices of the soldering metal on the London Metal Exchange (LME) were up 3.3% at $34,530 a metric ton at 1401 GMT after touching $34,815 a ton, the highest since July.

Jan 17, 2025 | exportfocusafrica.com | Jayden Bagshaw

Whenever I see challenges within South Africa’s agriculture, Zimbabwe is the other country I think of as their challenges are often worse. Notably, South Africa typically has to shoulder Zimbabwe when there are challenges, specifically in staple grain production. Consider the 2023-24 production year, when Zimbabwe had a challenging season due to the mid-summer drought that affected Southern Africa.

Jan 16, 2025 | exportfocusafrica.com | Jayden Bagshaw

The Critical Minerals Africa conference – hosted in Cape Town and organized by Energy Capital&Power (ECP) (www.EnergyCapitalPower.com) – has been rebranded to African Mining Week (AMW). This move reflects the integrated opportunities across the continent’s energy and mining sectors and aims to drive a culture of collaboration among these strategic sectors.

Jan 16, 2025 | exportfocusafrica.com | Jayden Bagshaw

Growers will tell you that successful farming is a mix of science and instinct – and those instincts are honed through many generations. But today the science of farming is getting better and better as deployment of technology tools, such as drones, precision agriculture, and data analytics is becoming essential to improve efficiency. Agriculture is a sector that benefits significantly from using data more extensively.

Jan 16, 2025 | exportfocusafrica.com | Jayden Bagshaw

A consortium of researchers and companies has been awarded a £3 million ($3.7 million) grant to explore the manufacturing of perovskite solar modules in South Africa, Kenya, Rwanda, and Nigeria. The project, named REACH-PSM (Resilient Renewable Energy Access Through Community-Driven Holistic Development in Perovskite Solar Module Manufacturing), aims to drive sustainable energy solutions by promoting local solar manufacturing in low- and middle-income countries.