DRCDRC cobalt/copper refining and battery value-chain sovereignty
Tracks extraction, refining, buyer responsibility, beneficial ownership, child/community protection, export routes and local industrialization guarantees.
cobaltcopperbatterybeneficial ownershipchild/community protection
Action checklist
- Demand contracts and beneficial ownership
- Map buyers/refiners/shippers
- Audit child/community safeguards
- Assess local refining and value-retention
Mali / Burkina Faso / Niger / Ghana routesSahel gold smuggling and armed-finance risk
Tracks artisanal/industrial gold flows, customs leakage, armed-finance allegations, refinery routes and state revenue loss.
goldsmugglingarmed financecustomsrefineries
Action checklist
- Map export/refinery routes
- Request customs and FIU data
- Audit refinery due diligence
- Protect community witnesses
NigerNiger uranium, energy justice and resource sovereignty
Tracks uranium extraction, pricing asymmetry, energy access, local benefit, security pressure and contract transparency.
uraniumenergy justicepricingsovereignty
Action checklist
- Publish contract summaries
- Compare energy access vs export value
- Audit historical pricing
- Request right of reply
GuineaGuinea bauxite and aluminium value-chain sovereignty
Tracks bauxite extraction, infrastructure clauses, local processing, land/community impacts and value-chain dependency.
bauxitealuminiuminfrastructurecommunity harm
Action checklist
- Assess local processing commitments
- Audit land/community remedy
- Review transport corridor control
Zimbabwe / Namibia / SADCLithium value-chain sovereignty dossier
Tracks lithium extraction, export restrictions, processing capacity, ownership, environmental controls and industrial policy.
lithiumbatteryexport banprocessing
Action checklist
- Check ownership and export permits
- Audit processing promises
- Compare royalties and local jobs
Pan-AfricanResources-for-security barter and coercive protection
Flags arrangements where resource rights, ports, land, energy or infrastructure access are exchanged for security support without public accountability.
securitycontractsmineralsforeign forces
Action checklist
- Request security annexes
- Review parliamentary approval
- Check immunity and remedy clauses
Pan-AfricanForeign offtake and pre-export lock-in clauses
Tracks clauses that lock minerals or commodities into foreign buyers before local processing and public value-retention review.
offtakepre-exportpricingindustrialization
Action checklist
- Publish offtake summaries
- Compare price formulae
- Assess exit clauses
Pan-AfricanPorts, logistics corridors and strategic infrastructure takeover
Tracks ports, rail, airport and logistics concessions that transfer leverage without local maintenance, jobs, exit rights or oversight.
portsrailcorridorsconcessions
Action checklist
- Audit concession terms
- Map strategic chokepoints
- Demand public-interest review
Pan-AfricanGeological and mining-data sovereignty
Tracks foreign access to geological survey data, mineral maps, exploration AI, satellite data and national resource intelligence.
geodataAIsurvey datadata sovereignty
Action checklist
- Inventory datasets
- Define national ownership
- Audit cloud/storage access
DRC / Côte d’Ivoire / Pan-AfricanChild labor and community-protection risk in supply chains
Tracks child labor, forced labor, hazardous work, school disruption, community health and buyer due diligence in extractive/agricultural chains.
child laborforced laborsupply chainremedy
Action checklist
- Demand buyer due diligence
- Audit schools/health impacts
- Protect children and witnesses
Pan-AfricanTransfer pricing, tax leakage and beneficial ownership opacity
Tracks tax avoidance, transfer pricing, shell companies, royalty leakage and hidden beneficial ownership in resource chains.
taxbeneficial ownershiptransfer pricing
Action checklist
- Request beneficial ownership
- Compare export prices
- Audit tax holidays and exemptions
Pan-AfricanEnvironmental harm and remedy failure
Tracks water contamination, tailings, land damage, health impacts and whether affected communities obtain real remedy.
environmenttailingswaterremedy
Action checklist
- Audit water/soil tests
- Map affected communities
- Demand remediation funds