Ghana, Namibia and the DRC push Africa up the value chain

Africa · Western Key Facts —China-Africa trade. Bilateral trade reached US$295.6 billion in 2024, dwarfing Russia-Africa trade of US$24.5 billion. —Lithium surge. Africa’s share of global lithium production jumped from 0.1 percent in 2019 to 10.6 percent in 2025. —DRC economic weight. Afreximbank projects the DRC will become sub-Saharan Africa’s fifth-largest economy in 2026, with…