Africa at the Core of Critical Minerals
This briefing paper explores Africa’s growing role in the global critical minerals landscape and outlines pathways to translate its resource potential into sustainable economic transformation. It emphasizes the need for coordinated regional action to achieve efficiency, scale, and investment readiness. Integrated infrastructure, harmonised standards, and regional clusters around key mineral resources can strengthen linkages between countries, industries, and supporting ecosystems. Bilateral collaboration and early adoption of common standards and technologies are also essential to accelerate project development and ensure responsible growth. The next imperative for stakeholders is implementation—to move from strategy to action through coordinated efforts among governments, industry, and development partners.
Implementing Funding Platforms: A Solution to Fragmentation
The global economy is at a crossroads. Fragmented and volatile, it urgently needs a new engine for growth. The G20’s recommendations emphasise collaboration, standardisation, and alignment across different areas to achieve sustainable development goals. In this context, this paper recommends to G20 Leaders to seek synergies across different domains to support financing for investments in Africa in order to generate enduring and resilient growth, with particular attention to local communities and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). The 2024 G20 Leaders’ Communiqué laid the foundation for this shift, endorsing flexible, country led platforms to drive enduring economic progress.
Sanlam ESG Barometer: B20 Policy Impact Special Report
The B20 Policy Impact Report, a special edition of the Sanlam ESG Barometer developed by SanlamAllianz, a lead sponsor of B20 South Africa, presents a first of its kind analysis of how previous B20 policy proposals have translated into tangible action across G20 nations.
Through dynamic panel discussions and expert insights, the report explores the implementation of B20 recommendations, the role of business in driving sustainable impact, and the pathways toward inclusive growth.