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How Africa Is Cashing In On Booming Gold Prices

How Africa Is Cashing In On Booming Gold Prices

Update: 2025-10-09
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A spectacular gold-market boom is spurring a push by African nations — where the ground is rich in the precious metal — to extract more revenue.  

On this week’s episode, Bloomberg’s precious metals reporter Jack Ryan and our Africa Mining and Metals correspondent William Clowes join Jennifer Zabasajja to explain what’s behind the rising gold price, how African countries are trying to capitalize on the boom and what risks there might be for investors.

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How Africa Is Cashing In On Booming Gold Prices

How Africa Is Cashing In On Booming Gold Prices

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