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🎙Africa offers investment opportunities in green metals that could drive global market growth in clean renewable energy technologies, including 11 TW of solar, which is the highest in the world, but only 1% is utilized. With 350 GW of hydro, only 7% is utilized; 115 GW of wind potential, of which only 2% is used; and 15 GW of geothermal power, of which only 2% is utilized. 

🎙Ghana's cocoa output for the 2022/2023 season is expected to be lower by around 11% than the target of 750,000 tonnes due to smuggling and illegal gold mining on farmlands. 

🎙Nigeria's trade balance improved markedly in Q2 due to rising non-oil exports, declining imports, and the naira losing nearly 40% of its value. 🎙Nigeria's trade balance improved in Q2 due to rising non-oil exports, declining imports, and the naira losing 40% of its value. 

🎙Industrial production in Morocco fell by 3.5% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2023, following a 1.9% increase in the previous period.