Keeping kids out of cobalt mines: African Development Bank skills and school program provides
During this end-of-year holiday season, top of the presents wish list for many are cell phones, computers, tablets, portable power tools, wearable tech, or a myriad of other products with rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, all powered by cobalt.
Yet, there is a darker untold side. Cobalt, a critical mineral abundantly mined in Africa and vital to the global economy, can often rob African youth of their childhoods.