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AFRICA IS NO LONGER THE PRIZE. IT IS THE PIVOT. The 21st-century race for global dominance is not fought with armies, but with asphalt, steel, and debt. At the heart of this geopolitical showdown is Africa, the supplier of the world's most critical green energy minerals. In the late 1800s, Europe launched the Scramble for Africa. Today, a New Scramble is underway, defined by two competing economic visions: China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI): A massive empire of infrastructure-built for speed, secured by debt, and anchored by efficiency. America's Lobito Corridor: A Western-backed counter-strategy offering transparency, local ownership, and a direct Atlantic route for minerals. Drawing on expert analysis and 2025 updates, Africa's New Scramble exposes the true stakes of this rivalry: control over the supply chains of the future. The book reveals how Beijing's ""Digital Silk Web"" and Washington's ""Atlantic Gambit"" both leverage infrastructure as an instrument of influence. This book is essential for understanding: The Copperbelt Calculus: Why Central Africa's mineral wealth (DRC, Zambia) has become the most contested economic zone on earth. Sovereignty 2.0: How African nations are using the competition itself as leverage to escape the ""Resource Curse,"" demanding transparency, fair contracts, and local value creation. The Geopolitics of Corridors: How the new network of ports and railways will shape trade, security, and climate justice for the next century. The moral of the map is clear: Africa is refusing to be the terrain of the struggle. It is becoming the referee. The world's next economic equilibrium will depend on who Africa chooses to partner with, and under what terms.

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""Meticulously researched and powerfully argued. Africa's New Scramble captures a once-in-a-century shift in global influence.""- Geopolitical Insight Journal""A gripping, data-driven exposé of the new Great Game for Africa's infrastructure. Essential reading for policymakers and investors alike.""- Global Affairs Review""The challenge of our age is not to build faster empires, but fairer connections. Africa is teaching the world that power should be measured by dignity and sustainability, not speed or dominance."" - Bosco Mutarambirwa""Mutarambirwa connects the dots between trade corridors, geopolitics, and sovereignty like few others. A rare blend of depth and clarity.""- Africa Policy Forum""The Lobito Corridor is a referendum on whether the world can still build clean, transparent supply chains for critical minerals. The stakes are existential for the future of the green energy transition.""- Bosco Mutarambirwa""A compelling analysis of how railways, ports, and diplomacy are redrawing Africa's economic map.""- The Economist Africa Desk""Africa is no longer a passive stage for rivalry. It is the arena itself, leveraging the competition between East and West to enforce new terms for sovereignty and economic independence.""- Bosco Mutarambirwa

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