The main minerals of Africa.

1. Fuel. The desert regions of the northern part of the black continent are rich in oil and gas; Libya is the leader in production. Algeria and Egypt. In addition, there are oil reserves in Sudan and in countries on the coast of the Gulf of Guinea (Nigeria, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea and Angola, a kind of leader is Equatorial Guinea, where there is a very high GDP per capita precisely because of oil production). There are coal deposits in South Africa.

2. Metals. The leaders in the reserves of non-ferrous, rare-earth and precious metals are South Africa and Zambia. For bauxite – Guinea, for uranium – Niger, Chad, CAR and South Africa.

3. Non-metallic minerals. For example, Morocco is rich in phosphorites.

4. Diamonds: South Africa, Namibia, Botswana.