Tantalex Resources Corporation (CSE: TTX, FSE: 1T0) is pleased to provide initial phase 1 assay results received from its 10,000m drilling program. Assays were completed by ALS in Ireland. Analysis was done by method ME-ICP82b for lithium and method ME-MS81 for tin and tantalum.

As Invest Africa concludes our 2022 Outlook Series, Africa stands at crossroads and the road ahead could prove challenging in a landscape still dominated by the impact of COVID-19. The region’s largest economies are all facing heightened uncertainty with political instability threatening both these countries and the livelihood of smaller states. However, the continent also represents significant opportunities for those businesses prepared to invest in understanding the markets they operate in and invest in the region’s economic and social development. Africa’s post-pandemic path is not yet set and the decisions that policy makers and businesses make now will determine whether the region is able to overcome the setbacks of the pandemic and meet its long-term development goals.

Welcome to this month's edition of the Africa newsletter. This litigation special focuses on the new wave of class actions coming out of the continent and jurisdiction issues.

It’s the start of a new year and the perfect opportunity to reflect on personal finances during 2021 and map out aspirations for 2022. We know that environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing has been a hot topic for some time. Indeed, our own Sustainable Investing Review 2021 reveals that 81% of those surveyed have an interest in sustainable investing.

Environmental, Social, and Governance criteria, nowadays commonly referred to as ESGs, are based on the concept of “conscious or responsible” investment which was first introduced during the 1960s.

As the spread of the Omicron variant threatens Africa’s recovery, regional solidarity is more important than ever. Invest Africa CEO, Karen Taylor, shares her thoughts on my regional trade is key to the continent’s recovery and offers her view of the progress made at the Intra-African Trade Fair in Durban, South Africa.

In 2020, Invest Africa launched a business mentoring programme with the University of Oxford/Saïd Business School, pairing MBA students from the Oxford Africa Business Alliance with senior executives from within the Invest Africa membership.

Mediterrania Capital Partners, the Private Equity firm focused on growth investments for SMEs and mid-cap companies in North and Sub-Saharan Africa, is pleased to announce the promotion of Rajaa Berrkia and Mohamed Ali Abdelhak to its Partnership team.

The latest Responsible Business Report from Invest Africa member Charles Russell Speechlys looks at the work the law firm is doing to achieve a positive social and environmental impact, including how it works with clients on ESG matters.

With global attention focusing on climate change and the clean energy transition, Africa is an important continent to watch in the drive for decarbonisation alongside rapid economic development.

His Excellency Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, President

of the Republic of Malawi, has presided over an inauguration ceremony to mark the addition of

60MWac of additional clean energy to Malawi’s national grid. As Malawi’s first utility-scale solar

photovoltaic plant, Salima Solar is contributing to the country’s ambition to minimise its carbon

emissions whilst promoting economic growth through access to reliable energy access

The last decade was hotter than any other period in the previous 125,000 years, attributable to rising greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions — principally carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide — primarily released from the combustion of coal, oil and gas.

Free zones – special economic jurisdictions which promote trade by suspending customs duties – are like Tolstoy’s description of families: while all functional free zones are alike, each dysfunctional free zone is dysfunctional in its own way.

As COP26 drew to a close this weekend, African negotiators left Glasgow to a mixed response. The explicit mention of fossil fuels for the first time in any COP agreement was a significant step but one watered down by interventions from China and India. Despite Alok Sharma’s promised that as President of COP he would champion developing countries, a loss and damage facility to support poorer nations in paying recovery from climate related disasters was scrapped.

InfraCo Africa, part of the Private Infrastructure Development Group

(PIDG) and Helios Investment Partners (Helios) are working together to establish a pan-African

investment vehicle: Climate, Energy Access and Resilience (CLEAR). CLEAR will fund climate-aligned

infrastructure and growth businesses whilst also working towards achievement of the UN Sustainable

Development Goals