Continental Africa
Africa Mining Projects in Progress 2026 maps the regional development pipeline across five sub-regions
The Africa Mining Projects in Progress 2026 review was published on 31 July, mapping the continent's active development pipeline across its five sub-regions and providing the most comprehensive current picture of where mining capital is actually being deployed. The assessment finds Central Africa offering major copper and bauxite potential, East Africa maintaining a diverse but still-emerging project base, North Africa benefiting from stronger links between mining, processing, and export markets, and Southern Africa combining established production with new critical minerals development. The regional differentiation matters for capital allocation: the sub-regions are not competing for the same investor, and the constraint set differs materially between them — power in Southern Africa, logistics in Central Africa, and geological data in East and West Africa. For investors, the report's practical value lies in distinguishing announced projects from those with committed financing and construction underway.
