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Lusaka, Zambia – 29 November 2024
1. Various of freight trucks carrying goods on the road
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Lusaka, Zambia – 25 November 2024
2. SOUNDBITE (English) E.D. Wala Chabala, independent economic policy and strategy consultant:
"Since the green economy will have a lot more impact on the global economy going forward. If the US has a lead in that, they are most likely going to maintain the global leadership of the global economy. If they don’t maintain that, you could argue that the Chinese are likely to then come and overtake the US economy."
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Lusaka, Zambia – 29 November 2024
3. Tilt up of people crossing train tracks
4. Wide train tracks
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Lusaka, Zambia – 25 November 2024
5. SOUNDBITE (English) E.D. Wala Chabala, independent economic policy and strategy consultant:
"From the US and an EU point of view, it’s like if we don’t have access to the critical minerals for the green economy, we’ll lag behind in terms of greening the global economy. And so the Lobito Corridor is seen as that gateway to the critical minerals that come out of Congo and Zambia."
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Lusaka, Zambia – 29 November 2024
6. Pan of Zambia railways passenger and goods train passing through Lusaka station
7. Wide freight trucks
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Lusaka, Zambia – 25 November 2024
8. SOUNDBITE (English) E.D. Wala Chabala, independent economic policy and strategy consultant:
"With the, you know, setting up of the Lobito corridor. There should be a lot more trade between Congo and Zambia and the western side of of the globe, so to speak. Why do I say the western side? Because presently most of the critical mineral resources and the strategic minerals, exported out of the eastern side of Africa, mostly through Dar es Salaam into China and Asia."
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ARCHIVE: Mutanga, Democratic Republic of Congo – 6 October 2021
10. Various of miners separating sand and minerals in river, washing the minerals
STORYLINE:
President Joe Biden will make his long-awaited visit to Africa this week to showcase a US-backed railway project that goes across three countries.
Biden’s three-day trip to Angola starts Monday and will promote the Lobito Corridor development in Zambia, Congo and Angola that he has pushed as a new approach in countering some of China’s influence and dominance of Africa’s critical minerals.
According to E.D. Wala Chabala, an independent economic policy and strategy consultant, if the US has a lead in the green economy, they are most likely going to maintain their global leadership in the International economy.
"If they don’t maintain that, you could argue that the Chinese are likely to then come and overtake the US economy," said Chabala.
Biden’s trip delivers on a pledge to go to Africa during his presidency but comes right at the end of his term and the future of the Lobito project depends on the incoming administration of Donald Trump.
Some analysts say it could also fit Trump’s vision to blunt China.
"From the US and an EU point of view, it’s like if we don’t have access to the critical minerals for the green economy will lag behind in terms of greening the global economy. And so the Lobito Corridor is seen as that gateway to the critical minerals that come out of Congo and Zambia," stated Chabala.
Biden promised to visit Africa after reviving the US-Africa Summit for the first time in nearly a decade in December 2022.
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