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We provide data-driven insights and strategic advisory to help governments, businesses, and investors unlock sustainable growth across Africa’s resource value chain.
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At Acorn and Partners, we deliver data-driven insights and expert advisory to stakeholders in critical mineral refining, processing, and renewable energy access. Our mission is to transform Africa’s resource wealth into lasting economic benefit by driving local industrialisation and offering end-to-end solutions in asset optimisation, trade, risk, and technology implementation. As a trusted strategic partner to governments, businesses, and investors, we drive opportunities across the integrated resource chain. Through advanced analytics, commercial intelligence, risk analysis, and strategic partnerships, we empower our clients to build resilient, scalable, and sustainable resource-based economies across Africa and beyond.
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- End-to-end resource intelligence to unlock the full economic and strategic value of national assets.
- AI-powered geospatial mapping and analytics for precision in reserve estimation and extraction planning.
- Integrated data systems enabling real-time asset monitoring, forecasting, and decision support.
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- Intelligence-led guidance on technologies suited to local extraction and processing conditions.
- Blockchain-based systems for transparent, end-to-end resource traceability.
- Analytics-driven monitoring and maintenance insights to maximise operational uptime.
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- Insight-driven support for transparent policies that retain fair value from national resources
- Strategic guidance on legal and institutional frameworks for responsible extraction.
- ESG intelligence embedded into national resource planning and governance.
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- Data-driven insights to build resilient, efficient logistics networks for raw and processed materials.
- Strategic assessment to identify and address supply chain bottlenecks.
- Real-time tracking and analytics for enhanced supply chain visibility.
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- Strategic guidance on Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) to unlock investment in national resources.
- Development of resource-backed financing models that leverage in-country reserves for capital.
- In-depth risk analysis and mitigation strategies to ensure long-term economic sustainability.
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- Supporting partnership strategies with development banks, sovereign funds, and international investors.
- Evaluating investor alignment with regional economic goals, focusing on intra-African development.
- Identifying infrastructure investment opportunities that enable local industrialisation.
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- Advising on regional commodity trading and exchange frameworks.
- Guiding trade risk and credit policies for secure transactions.
- Providing insights on hedging and derivatives to manage price volatility.
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- Developing commodity forward pricing models across key locations.
- Integrating global and local market intelligence for real-time decision-making.
- Providing insights for multi-year resource optimisation and sustainable growth.
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- Research institutions & industry partnerships for research on sustainable resource utilisation.
- Implementing training & upskilling programs for industry professionals.
- Establishing centers of excellence for asset & resource management.
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- Advisory on local beneficiation policies, leveraging market intelligence for effective resource processing strategies.
- Data-driven feasibility studies for building local manufacturing and industrial ecosystems.
- Supporting the development of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) through analytics and strategic insights for resource-based industries.
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Gain access to reliable fundamental data on the critical minerals and renewable energy industry in Africa. Our platform provides regional coverage, industry trends, M&A activity insights, historical data, and supply-demand fundamentals including geographical maps of key critical minerals locations and mining assets
Build networks and grow your business at Acorn & Partners industry conferences and events. Connect with leaders, stakeholders from across your industry and hear from high-profile speakers on the issues, technologies and trends driving today’s dynamic critical minerals and renewable energy sector in Africa.
We work with governments and stakeholders to unlock Africa’s renewable energy potential through cost-effective technologies. By addressing the challenges of climate change, we aim to fuel industrial development, economic growth, and universal access to clean energy. Our solutions deliver measurable, long-term impact across the continent.
We assist indigenous and international stakeholders in shaping robust, value-adding frameworks by integrating policy, investment, and capacity building across the continent’s Critical Minerals and Renewable Energy sectors. Our development assistance promotes mitigation strategies and supports a sustainable, low-carbon future.
Stakeholders engage with us to deploy proven solutions, align policy with investment, and accelerate high-impact outcomes.
Through our platform, we connect hybrid teams of exceptional independent consultants and in-house partners and analysts, who advise and collaborate with international stakeholders, African governments, state-owned enterprises, private equity investors, institutions, pension funds, development banks, and local communities. Together, we strive to conserve, manage, and restore the continent's rich natural ecosystems while harnessing its resources for local value chains.
For more information on our solutions, reach out to our dedicated business development and customer success teams.