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[–] porcoesphino@mander.xyz 1 points 3 days ago

I didn't understand what the title was getting at but it's basically in this paragraph:

without scientific and technical capacity to develop these mineral resources, Africa risks remaining a supplier of raw materials rather than a driver of the energy transition. Accordingly, the continent’s leverage in this transition will depend less on geology as destiny, and more on geology as science.