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VELAReviewHow Africa moves, brought to lightVela Review is curated research on how goods, capital and infrastructure move across Africa — manufacturing, ports, corridors, commodities, energy and agriculture. Every article is commissioned, written, and independently verified before it publishes.
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Corridors · report · 8 June 2026
The copperbelt turns west
For a century the copperbelt shipped its ore east and south to the Indian Ocean. The Lobito Atlantic Railway opens an Atlantic exit for the first time — turning one landlocked ore body into a two-ocean contest.
Automotive · report · 7 June 2026
Two hands, one line
Ford's Silverton and VW's Kariega plants build left-hand-drive cars for Europe and right-hand-drive versions of the same models for the rest of Africa — one line, two opposite trade geographies.
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