Mozambique

1. Africa's largest copper smelter officially commenced production. Ivanhoe Mining's Camora-Kakula smelter will produce 500,000 tons of 99.7% pure copper anodes annually. Ivanhoe Mining is a Canadian mining company whose main businesses are the Camora-Kakula copper complex and the Kipsi zinc-copper-germanium-silver mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as well as platinum-palladium-nickel-rhodium-gold-copper mines in South Africa. It also explores for new sedimentary copper deposits in Angola, Kazakhstan, and Zambia.

1. Nigerian President Bolsonaro declared a nationwide security emergency and announced the recruitment of 20,000 additional police officers, bringing the total police force to 50,000.

2. Namibia's public utility company, NamPower, launched a tender for a 120 MW solar photovoltaic project, with a deadline of January 13, 2026. Namibia's current installed solar capacity is 377.8 MW.