Image: Supplied The President of Sierra Leone and Chair of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, His Excellency Dr. Julius Maada Bio, placed Africa’s critical minerals at the center of the global economic discussion during the 2025 G20 Summit. In a major intervention at the summit in Johannesburg, President Bio proposed the establishment of a G20–Africa Compact on Critical Minerals, describing it as a vital framework to ensure fairness, value addition, and tr
