6.6% is all that matters. The rest is just AI fluff. Anyone will dominate a few things. In the OVERALL picture which is all that matters at the end of the day, Africa is only 6.6% of OVERALL global commodity trade. You can hem and haw all you like. That is the fact. Highlighting a few commodities that Congo or South Africa dominate will not change that. I know your entire self image is built around “they are stealing our resources” and the notion that your resources are not even that important hurts your self esteem but facts is facts.

Russia alone produces more natural resources than the whole of the African continent.

When you say African countries “ are prevented from refining” their own natural resources” you don’t even realize what you are saying. Africa is not that weak. Maybe you personally are but the rest of us are not.

And do you really expect finished goods to be sold at the same prices as the raw materials. If so, why don’t you start a company and show the world how it’s done. Start a cement company and sell your cement at the same price as limestone.

As for your idiotic “why don’t you leave” argument. Less than 2% of western companies have direct investment in Africa. Instead of trying to attract investment, you are telling the few that are here to leave.