Is There a Risk of Africa's Reliance on Raw Materials?

Africa is finding itself in the middle of this kind of geopolitical rivalry given the mineral wealth and its strategic importance for these materials. china, which already controls major chunks of the critical minerals supply chain, has been eyeing african minerals to extend this dominance. On the other hand, the us. Is just fiably getting anxious about chinese dominance in the space, and is looking to africa to help diversify away from thes over reliance in china.