“Africa has an opportunity over the next generation to rise as an industrial superpower.”

With guests
Ben Kincaid

Episode notes

Ben Kincaid spent the first half of his career as a US diplomat. Much of his time was spent in Africa, specializing in national security issues. Today, and that's why we're so keen to speak with him, he's the CEO of ReElement Technologies Africa, One of their missions is to help African nations process their rare minerals on the continent so they don't simply export them. Their project should create more jobs and keep value in Africa. They've just secured a South African investment firm as an anchor investor in their private capital raise worth $150 million dollars.

Transcript

🌟 IN THIS EPISODE:

1:45 Why rare earth minerals matters
4:36 How the tech works
12:29 The status-quo
15:26 Owning the value chain
20:29 From diplomat to entrepreneur
26:17 Why the DRC symbolizes hope

💬 QUOTES TO REMEMBER:
“The objective is audacious. The objective is historic”
“Africa is a great friend to the United States but it’s also a neutral party based off of where it sits”
“Once you’re able to process these minerals into manuf...