Nigeria, Sept. 23 -- President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has called for a radical reset of the global financial system governing Africa's mineral wealth, declaring it was time for the continent to fund its own industries and seize control of its place in global supply chains.

Speaking through Vice President Kashim Shettima at the Second Africa Minerals Strategy Group (AMSG) High-Level Roundtable on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, Tinubu warned that Africa's sovereignty depended on bold, collective action.

"We must take the bull by the horns in financing our future. Never again shall we wait for capital to trickle in. Africa shall finance Africa," he said, unveiling innovative tools like the Africa Mineral Token to mobilize...