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LeddarTech Releases Its LeddarSteer Automotive-Grade, Solid-State Digital Beam Steering Technology for LiDAR Sensor Developers

LeddarSteer DBS

LeddarSteer DBS by LeddarTech

QUEBEC, May 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — LeddarTech®, a global leader in providing the most flexible, robust and accurate ADAS and AD sensing technology, is pleased to announce the official release of LeddarSteer™, a digital beam steering solution designed for LiDAR smart sensor developers and Tier 1-2 automotive suppliers.

Digital beam steering refers to changing the direction of laser pulses in a LiDAR. Using a stack of alternating liquid crystal cells and polarization gratings enables to steer light at different angles at a specific wavelength in order to augment a LiDAR field of view while maximizing its performance, allowing digital beam steering for LiDAR to be achieved.

LeddarSteer digital beam steering offers a myriad of benefits to LiDAR smart sensor developers and Tier 1 and 2 customers, including:

  • Software-controlled on-the-fly adjustment
    • Frame-by-frame adjustment
    • Preset or customized configuration
    • Easy setup and interface
    • Voltage-controlled steering
  • Multiple LiDAR applications
    • Compatible with a wide range of LiDAR architectures
    • Enables one LiDAR to address multiple use cases
    • Field of view adjustable for various actions, including turns, exits, lane changes and slopes
    • Same LiDAR for highway and city driving
    • Reduces the number of sensors, generating cost savings
  • Automotive-grade solid-state technology, resulting in a significantly higher MTBF (mean time between failures)

LeddarSteer can be seamlessly integrated into an existing LiDAR to expand the field of view or integrated into new LiDAR development. The solution provides an enhanced signal-to-noise ratio by concentrating laser power on a small region of interest while reducing the size, cost and complexity of LiDAR components whilst maintaining or increasing the pixel count and resolution.

“For well over a decade, LeddarTech has been a leader in developing sensing solutions that enable our customers to deliver high-performance ADAS and AD sensors,” stated Mr. Charles Boulanger, CEO of LeddarTech. “LeddarSteer is the only digital beam steering smart component designed for mass production with the flexibility, reliability, cost, size and performance required by the most demanding 3D sensing applications and supported by standard automotive manufacturing process,” concluded Mr. Boulanger.

About LeddarTech

Founded in 2007, LeddarTech is a comprehensive end-to-end environmental sensing company that enables customers to solve critical sensing, fusion and perception challenges across the entire value chain. LeddarTech provides cost-effective perception solutions scalable from Level 2 ADAS to Level 5 full autonomy with LeddarVision™, a raw-data sensor fusion and perception platform that generates a comprehensive 3D environmental model from a variety of sensor types and configurations. LeddarTech also supports LiDAR manufacturers and Tier 1-2 automotive suppliers with key technology building blocks such as LeddarSteer™ digital beam steering and the LeddarEngine™, which is built on LeddarTech’s Leddar™ technology employing patented signal acquisition and processing techniques to generate a richer and cleaner return signal at a lower cost. The LeddarEngine comprises a highly integrated, scalable LiDAR SoC and software combination that enables LiDAR developers and Tier 1-2 automotive suppliers to design their own LiDAR solutions. The company is responsible for several innovations in cutting-edge automotive and mobility remote-sensing applications, with over 120 patents granted or applied for, enhancing ADAS and autonomous driving capabilities.

Additional information about LeddarTech is accessible at www.leddartech.com and on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.

Contact:
Daniel Aitken, Vice-President, Global Marketing, Communications and Investor Relations, LeddarTech Inc.
Tel.: + 1-418-653-9000 ext. 232 daniel.aitken@leddartech.com

Investor relations contact: InvestorRelations@leddartech.com
https://investors.leddartech.com/

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LeddarTech lance LeddarSteer, la technologie solid-state d’orientation numérique du faisceau de classe automobile pour les développeurs de capteurs LiDAR

LeddarSteer DBS

LeddarSteer DBS par LeddarTech

QUÉBEC, 10 mai 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — LeddarTech®, chef de file de calibre mondial en technologie de détection précise, robuste et polyvalente pour les systèmes avancés d’aide à la conduite (systèmes ADAS) et de conduite autonome (systèmes AD), est heureuse d’annoncer le lancement officiel de LeddarSteer™, une solution d’orientation numérique du faisceau conçue pour les développeurs de capteurs LiDAR intelligents et les fournisseurs automobiles de rang 1-2.

La technologie d’orientation numérique du faisceau fait référence au changement de direction des impulsions laser dans un LiDAR. L’utilisation d’une superposition de cellules à cristaux liquides alternées et de réseaux de polarisation permet de diriger la lumière à différents angles et à une longueur d’onde spécifique afin d’augmenter le champ de vision d’un LiDAR tout en maximisant sa performance, assurant ainsi l’orientation numérique du faisceau LiDAR.

La solution d’orientation numérique du faisceau LeddarSteer offre un très grand nombre d’avantages aux développeurs de capteurs LiDAR intelligents et aux fournisseurs de rang 1-2, dont :

  • Ajustements instantanés commandés par logiciel
    • Ajustement image par image
    • Configuration prédéfinie ou personnalisée
    • Mise en œuvre aisée et interface conviviale
    • Commande par variation de tension
  • Multiples applications LiDAR
    • Compatible avec une grande variété d’architectures LiDAR
    • Permet de couvrir de multiples cas d’utilisation
    • Champ de vision réglable pour diverses actions, y compris les tournants, les sorties, les changements de voie et les déclivités
    • Même LiDAR pour la conduite sur autoroute ou urbaine
    • Réduit le nombre de capteurs, donc les coûts
  • Technologie solid-state de qualité automobile, pour une fiabilité nettement accrue

Le LeddarSteer peut parfaitement être intégré dans une architecture LiDAR existante afin d’élargir le champ de vision, ou être intégré dans un nouveau système. La solution améliore le rapport signal sur bruit en concentrant la puissance laser sur une région d’intérêt précise, tout en réduisant la taille, le coût et la complexité des composants LiDAR et en conservant une haute résolution.

« Depuis plus d’une décennie, LeddarTech est à l’avant-scène dans le développement de solutions de détection qui permettent à nos clients de fournir des capteurs ADAS et AD à haute performance », a déclaré M. Charles Boulanger, chef de la direction de LeddarTech. « LeddarSteer est le seul composant intelligent d’orientation numérique du faisceau conçu pour la production de masse conforme aux exigences d’agilité, de fiabilité, de coût, de taille et de performance requises par les applications de détection 3D les plus strictes et compatible avec les processus standard de fabrication automobiles », a conclu M. Boulanger.

À propos de LeddarTech

Fondée en 2007, LeddarTech propose des solutions de détection environnementale exhaustives et intégrées qui permettent à ses clients de résoudre des problèmes critiques en matière de détection, de fusion de données et de perception tout au long de la chaîne de valeur. LeddarTech offre des solutions de perception optimisées et évolutives appuyant les niveaux d’autonomie 2 (aide à la conduite) jusqu’à 5 (autonomie complète) avec LeddarVision™, une plateforme de fusion de données brutes de capteurs et de perception qui génère un modèle environnemental 3D détaillé à partir d’une variété de configurations et de types de capteurs. LeddarTech soutient également les fabricants de LiDARs et les fournisseurs automobiles de rang 1 et 2 en proposant des blocs technologiques clés comme l’orientation numérique du faisceau LeddarSteer™ ou le LeddarEngine™, bâti sur la technologie Leddar™ de LeddarTech et qui recourt à des techniques d’acquisition et de traitement de signal brevetées pour générer un signal de retour plus riche et plus net à moindre coût. Le LeddarEngine est une combinaison SoC et logicielle LiDAR évolutive hautement intégrée qui permet aux développeurs de LiDARs et aux fournisseurs automobiles de rang 1-2 de concevoir leurs propres solutions LiDAR. Détentrice de plus de 120 brevets accordés ou en instance, la société a contribué à plusieurs innovations liées à des applications de télédétection de pointe destinées au marché automobile et de la mobilité et qui améliorent les capacités des systèmes d’aide à la conduite et de conduite autonome.

Renseignements complémentaires disponibles sur www.leddartech.com et sur LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook et YouTube.

Contact :
Daniel Aitken, vice-président, Marketing, communications et relations avec les investisseurs mondiaux, LeddarTech Inc.
Tél. : + 1-418-653-9000 poste 232 daniel.aitken@leddartech.com

Contact relations investisseurs : InvestorRelations@leddartech.com
https://investors.leddartech.com/

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LeddarTech lança tecnologia de direção de feixe digital de estado sólido de grau automotivo LeddarSteer para desenvolvedores de sensores LiDAR

QUEBEC, May 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A LeddarTech®, líder global no fornecimento da tecnologia de detecção ADAS e AD mais flexível, robusta e precisa, tem o prazer de anunciar o lançamento do LeddarSteer™, uma solução de direção de feixe digital criada para os desenvolvedores de sensores inteligentes LiDAR e fornecedores automotivos Nível 1-2.

A direção do feixe digital refere-se à mudança da direção dos pulsos do laser em um LiDAR. O uso de uma pilha de células de cristal líquido alternadas e grades de polarização permite direcionar a luz em diferentes ângulos em um comprimento de onda específico, a fim de aumentar um campo de visão LiDAR, maximizando seu desempenho, permitindo o alcance da direção de feixe digital para LiDAR.

A direção de feixe digital LeddarSteer oferece uma infinidade de benefícios para os desenvolvedores de sensores inteligentes LiDAR e clientes de Nível 1 e 2, incluindo:

  • Ajuste instantâneo controlado por software
    • Ajuste quadro a quadro
    • Configuração predefinida ou personalizada
    • Fácil configuração e interface
    • Direção controlada por tensão
  • Várias aplicações LiDAR
    • Compatibilidade com uma ampla gama de arquiteturas LiDAR
    • Vários casos de uso abordados pelo LiDAR
    • Campo de visão ajustável para várias ações, incluindo curvas, saídas, mudanças de faixa e declives
    • Mesmo LiDAR para condução em rodovias e cidades
    • Redução do número de sensores, permitindo economia de custos
  • Tecnologia de estado sólido de grau automotivo, resultando em um MTBF significativamente maior (tempo médio entre falhas)

O LeddarSteer pode ser perfeitamente integrado a um LiDAR existente para expandir o campo de visão, ou integrado ao novo desenvolvimento do LiDAR. A solução fornece uma relação sinal-ruído aprimorada, concentrando a potência do laser em uma pequena região de interesse, reduzindo o tamanho, o custo e a complexidade dos componentes LiDAR, mantendo ou aumentando a contagem e resolução de pixels.

“Há mais de 10 anos a LeddarTech tem sido líder no desenvolvimento de soluções de detecção que permitem que nossos clientes entreguem sensores ADAS e AD de alta performance”, disse Charles Boulanger, CEO da LeddarTech. “O LeddarSteer é o único componente inteligente de direção de feixe digital projetado para produção em massa com a flexibilidade, confiabilidade, custo, tamanho e desempenho exigidos pelas aplicações de detecção 3D mais exigentes, e suportado pelo processo de fabricação automotiva padrão”, concluiu o Sr. Boulanger.

Sobre a LeddarTech

Fundada em 2007, a LeddarTech é uma empresa abrangente de sensoriamento ambiental completo, que viabiliza que os clientes resolvam desafios essenciais de sensoriamento, fusão e percepção em toda a cadeia de valor. A LeddarTech fornece soluções de percepção escaláveis econômicas de Nível 2 ADAS ao Nível 5 de plena autonomia com LeddarVision™, uma plataforma de fusão e percepção de sensores de dados brutos que gera um modelo ambiental 3D abrangente a partir de uma variedade de tipos e configurações de sensores. A LeddarTech também dá suporte aos fabricantes LiDAR e aos fornecedores automotivos de Nível 1-2 com os principais blocos de construção de tecnologia, como a direção de feixe digital LeddarSteer™ e LeddarEngine™, que é construído com base na tecnologia Leddar™ da LeddarTech, empregando técnicas patenteadas de aquisição e processamento de sinal para gerar um sinal de retorno mais rico e limpo a um custo menor. O LeddarEngine compreende um LiDAR SoC altamente integrado e escalável e uma combinação de software que permite que os desenvolvedores LiDAR e os fornecedores automotivos de Nível 1-2 projetem suas próprias soluções LiDAR. A empresa é responsável por muitas inovações de aplicações com sensor remoto automotivos e de mobilidade avançadas, com mais de 120 patentes concedidas ou em andamento, aprimoramento de ADAS e capacidade de direção autônoma.

Para mais informação sobre a LeddarTech, visite www.leddartech.com, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook e YouTube.

Contato:
Daniel Aitken, Vice-Presidente, Marketing Global, Comunicações e Relacionamento com o Investidor, LeddarTech Inc.
Tel.: + 1-418-653-9000 ramal 232 daniel.aitken@leddartech.com

Contato de Relações com Investidores: InvestorRelations@leddartech.com
https://investors.leddartech.com/

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Synchronoss to Provide Wholesale Process Automation and Management to Brightspeed

Relationship to Support Brightspeed’s Planned Fiber Deployments Across 20-State Footprint

Multi-Year Agreement Features interconnectNOW and Financial Analytics
to Help Orchestrate Service Requests and Manage Trading Partner Expense

BRIDGEWATER, N.J., May 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Synchronoss Technologies Inc. (“Synchronoss” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: SNCR), a global leader and innovator in cloud, messaging and digital products and platforms, today announced that it has signed a multi-year agreement with Brightspeed, a provider of broadband and telecommunications services expected to have operations in 20 States. Brightspeed will initially be comprised of the incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) assets and associated operations of Lumen Technologies (NYSE: LUMN), which are the subject of a pending acquisition by Apollo-managed funds (NYSE: APO).

Brightspeed will utilize two key modules from the Synchronoss networkX Platform – interconnectNOW (iNOW) and Financial Analytics (FA) – for its planned fiber deployments throughout its multi-state territory across rural and suburban regions of the United States.

Brightspeed previously announced plans to invest more than $2 billion to build a network that will bring faster, more reliable Internet and Wi-Fi to communities throughout the Midwest, Southeast, and certain parts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey.   The company’s planned fiber optics transformation is expected to reach up to three million homes and businesses over the next five years, including in many places where fiber and advanced technology have not historically been deployed.

“As Brightspeed continues to build out its fiber optics network, iNOW and Financial Analytics will be integral in managing the company’s wholesale carrier operations,” said Chris Hill, Chief Commercial Officer at Synchronoss. “Automating and orchestrating orders throughout the lifecycle will enable Brightspeed to keep pace with customer requests and realize revenue faster.”

“Our partnership with Synchronoss will provide us access to their state-of-the-art platforms to achieve exceptional efficiencies in managing our wholesale carrier orders and trading partner transactions,” said Chris Creager, Chief Administration Officer of Brightspeed. “From end-to-end, iNOW will enable us to track orders and help us deliver world-class connectivity products and services to the communities we look forward to serving.”

The iNOW platform eliminates manual handling of service orders and manages the full lifecycle between customer and supplier via automation and rules-based validation. It provides a single interface and database for all buyer and supplier orders, making it easy to track orders from receipt to fulfillment, reconciles billing, and provides real-time reporting – shortening time to revenue.

The Financial Analytics platform streamlines the management of complex carrier invoicing via automated workflow and intuitive rules engines for auditing, accounting, validation, and payment of invoices. FA empowers service providers such as Brightspeed with the necessary tools and processes to ensure intercarrier expenses are thoroughly analyzed and confirmed prior to payment.

Leading service providers from around the world utilize Synchronoss and the iNOW platform to manage 39 million orders and transactions annually from 5,000 integrated operators.

About Synchronoss

Synchronoss Technologies (Nasdaq: SNCR) builds software that empowers companies around the world to connect with their subscribers in trusted and meaningful ways. The company’s collection of products helps streamline networks, simplify onboarding, and engage subscribers to unleash new revenue streams, reduce costs and increase speed to market. Hundreds of millions of subscribers trust Synchronoss products to stay in sync with the people, services, and content they love. That’s why more than 1,500 talented Synchronoss employees worldwide strive each day to reimagine a world in sync. Learn more at www.synchronoss.com.

About Brightspeed

Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C. and expected to have assets and associated operations in 20 states, Brightspeed will provide broadband and telecommunications services through a network platform capable of serving more than six million homes and businesses. The company aims to bridge the digital divide by deploying a state-of-the-art fiber network and a customer experience that makes staying connected simple and seamless. Learn more at www.brightspeed.com.

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UNHCR raises alarm over Mozambique’s “invisible” crisis as climate shocks worsen displacement

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is gravely concerned about the ongoing violence and insecurity in northern Mozambique. Conflict and displacement, compounded by extreme weather events has led to surging protection needs – physical, material, and legal – for hundreds of thousands of affected refugees, internally displaced people, and people from host communities.

Since the start of this year, Mozambique has been battered by five tropical storms and cyclones along its northern coastal areas. These have affected thousands of families, including refugees and people internally displaced by ongoing violence in the northern province of Cabo Delgado – illustrating once again how the effects of climate change interact with many of the root causes of displacement.

Most recently, on 11 March, Tropical Cyclone Gombe affected more than 736,000 people, including those in the Corrane site for internally displaced people and refugees in Maratane settlement. In Maratane, 80 per cent of shelters were damaged, and more than 27,000 refugees, asylum-seekers and host community members are still in urgent need of assistance.

Every region of the world is experiencing climate hazards. Cyclones and other storms are becoming more frequent and severe, floods are stronger, droughts are intensifying, and wildfires are becoming more devastating. Over 80 per cent of refugees and internally displaced people come from the most climate-vulnerable countries worldwide.

The growing impact of the climate crisis continues to be felt in Mozambique and is amplifying vulnerability, driving displacement, and making life harder for refugees, the internally displaced, and host communities.

Violence continues to blight the lives of around 783,000 people in the northern province of Cabo Delgado. In 2022 alone, an estimated 6,000 people have been recorded as newly displaced following a resurgence of conflict in Cabo Delgado and Niassa provinces. This violence has prevented UN agencies and other humanitarian partners from accessing people in need.

A UNHCR Senior Level Mission visited the country from 24 April to 1 May 2022 to assess how UNHCR and partners can scale up protection and assistance for the people affected by conflict and climate shocks in Mozambique. Mozambique faces these twin challenges in an “invisible” crisis while humanitarian operations are restricted by chronic underfunding.

Mission members saw the harsh damage done by Cyclone Gombe. Houses had just melted away. Schools, clinics and infrastructure had been badly damaged or destroyed.

UNHCR has been responding in areas affected by Gombe and other storms, including by providing shelter and household kits to affected communities, and conducting repairs to schools, health clinics and other key infrastructure.

In areas that can be accessed, UNHCR, other UN agencies and humanitarian partners continue to scale up protection and assistance activity and to emphasize how vital it is that we can continue to do so.

Along with the Government of Mozambique and its partners, UNHCR has provided legal assistance to 21,500 people from both displaced and host communities in Cabo Delgado and reached some 55,000 people with gender-based violence prevention and response awareness campaigns.

UNHCR is committed to supporting Mozambique’s government, local authorities and communities to protect and find solutions for refugees; to assisting Mozambique in addressing the impact of internal displacement; and to reinforcing the need for emergency preparedness and responding to extreme weather events.

The needs in Mozambique, already significant, continue to grow. However, the resources are not enough. To continue and scale up our operations in Mozambique, UNHCR requires US$36.7 million in 2022.

Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees

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Rwanda: Ex-top official on trial in France for 1994 genocide

PARIS—A former senior Rwandan official went on trial in Paris on Monday accused of complicity in the African nation’s genocide, the most high-ranking figure yet to face justice in France over the 1994 massacres.

The case of Laurent Bucyibaruta is the fourth from the Rwandan genocide to come to court in France, which had long been under pressure from activists to act against suspected perpetrators who had taken refuge on French soil.

An estimated 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus perished in 100 days of slaughter in 1994 in which Hutu militiamen massacred Tutsis taking cover in churches and schools.

Standing trial on charges of genocide, complicity in genocide and complicity in crimes against humanity, Bucyibaruta faces a life sentence if convicted.

The 78-year-old, who suffers from health problems, entered the courtroom in a wheelchair, a walking stick in his hand.

Bucyibaruta, in a hoarse voice, asked if he could remain seated, as offered by the court’s president.

At the heart of the case are several “security” meetings, either ordered by Bucyibaruta or in which he participated. The accusation says they were slaughter-planning sessions.

In particular the former prefect of the southern province of Gikongoro is accused of persuading thousands of people to take refuge in the Murambi Technical School, by promising them food, water and protection.

But days later, in the early hours of April 21, tens of thousands of Tutsis were executed in one of the genocide’s grimmest episodes.

The court will also discuss Bucyibaruta’s responsibility in the massacre of around 90 Tutsi pupils at the Marie Merci school in Kibeho on May 7 and in the execution of Tutsi prisoners — including three priests — in Gikongoro prison.

Bucyibaruta denies the charges and refutes any involvement in the killings. His lawyers will first call for the case to be thrown out for unreasonable delays, as the proceedings began 22 years ago.

But if that fails, Bucyibaruta’s defence would call for his acquittal.

The trial is expected to last two months and feature over 100 witnesses including survivors from Rwanda, who have flown over or will appear via videoconference.

Bucyibaruta, who has been in France since 1997 and is under judicial supervision, has myriad health problems which should limit the hearings to seven hours a day.

Four people in three cases have already been convicted in French courts over the genocide: a former hotel driver handed a 14-year sentence, an army officer jailed for 25 years and two mayors given life sentences.

Source: NAM NEWS NETWORK

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Moroccan, Egyptian FMs Discuss Prospects Of Bolstering Cooperation

RABAT– Moroccan Foreign Minister, Nasser Bourita, met with his Egyptian counterpart, Sameh Shoukry yesterday, in Rabat, on bolstering bilateral relations, economic and trade exchange.

Speaking to the press, following the meeting, Bourita expressed Morocco’s condolences to the Egyptian victims of the deadly attack in Sinai, a day earlier, and reiterated the kingdom’s full support for all measures taken by Egypt, to preserve its security and stability.

“Morocco and Egypt share similar views on many regional issues,” Bourita said, adding that, the two countries agreed to hold the political consultation mechanism and the Moroccan-Egyptian Businessmen Council.

For his part, Shoukry expressed Egypt’s determination to further bolster its relations with Morocco, by activating the political consultation mechanism, the economic commission and the business forum.

The two sides also discussed the crises in Libya, the Palestinian issue and the fight against terrorism.

Shoukry wished that the upcoming ministerial conference of the Global Coalition against the Daesh terrorist group, tomorrow, in the city of Marrakech, will be a success.

Source: NAM NEWS NETWORK

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2022 mining Indaba summit kicks off in South Africa

CAPE TOWN— The 2022 Mining Indaba summit began on Monday in Cape Town, South Africa.

The summit is scheduled to run until the end of the week and intends to highlight the issue surrounding mining in Africa.

Among the issues highlighted include power shortage that has impacted the mineral flow in various African countries.

Speaking during the opening of the summit, the Zambian president called upon elected leaders in their respective countries to be responsible for their duties.

“All of us on this continent should not accept the fact that we don’t have sufficient power to drive our mining sector and other industries. We do have. We have just not been doing the work that we were elected to do. Now is the time to do that, said Hakainde Hichilema, the President of Zambia.

Other leaders also called upon countries in Africa must share the benefits of their respective resources.

“We dig the mineral from the pit to the pot and somebody else adds value. Let’s invest in beneficiating our minerals. Beneficiation will mean we are fully taking ownership of the value chain of our minerals across the sphere,” said Gwede Mantashe, the South African Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy.

This year’s mining indaba happens with the backdrop of high energy prices, which pose a significant inflationary risk to the poor and emerging markets.

The mining industry on the continent has been impacted by other issues like insecurity, workers’ strikes and low global mineral prices.

Source: NAM NEWS NETWORK