The people behind the photographs

Photography & Image Credits.

These photographs show identifiable places in the countries featured on this site. We thank the photographers who make their work available for reuse. Images are resized, converted to WebP and cropped by the page layout; they are not presented as photographs of Capital Africa engagements.

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Cinematic photography

Places and materials across Africa, used on the home page and in the industry and business sections. Each photograph is published under a licence that permits free commercial use; web versions are resized, graded in CSS and converted to WebP. None shows an identifiable person.

**Aerial view of a coastal city and its bay under a dusk sky.**
Photograph: Kelly. Not stated on the source page (listed among the photographer’s Freetown, Sierra Leone photographs).
Original photograph & attribution · Pexels License · Downloaded 2026-10-25.

**Aerial view of Freetown’s coastline, beach road and hillside neighbourhoods.**
Photograph: Kelly. Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Original photograph & attribution · Pexels License · Downloaded 2026-10-25.

**Aerial view of a beach, rocks and forest on the Conakry coastline, Guinea.**
Photograph: Tim Oun. Kaloum, Conakry, Guinea.
Original photograph & attribution · Unsplash License · Downloaded 2026-10-25.

**Aerial view of a mining site and its water-filled pits among green land near Koidu, Sierra Leone.**
Photograph: Tappiah Sesay. Koidu, Eastern Province, Sierra Leone.
Original photograph & attribution · Pexels License · Downloaded 2026-10-25.

**A large stone quarry with crushing plant and haul roads seen from a rocky hillside near Kaduna, Nigeria.**
Photograph: LekePOV. Kaduna, Nigeria.
Original photograph & attribution · Pexels License · Downloaded 2026-10-25.

**A natural crystalline gold specimen on quartz, lit against a dark background.**
Photograph: Matheus Bertelli. Not stated.
Original photograph & attribution · Pexels License · Downloaded 2026-10-25.

**A loaded container ship crossing the sea at sunset.**
Photograph: Robert So. Saint-Malo, France.
Original photograph & attribution · Pexels License · Downloaded 2026-10-25.

**Aerial night view of illuminated roads and an interchange in Nouakchott, Mauritania.**
Photograph: laye Photographe. Nouakchott, Mauritania.
Original photograph & attribution · Pexels License · Downloaded 2026-10-25.

**Aerial view of a river winding through mangrove forest in The Gambia.**
Photograph: Dan Roizer. The Gambia.
Original photograph & attribution · Unsplash License · Downloaded 2026-10-25.

**Aerial view of container yards, warehouses and port roads in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.**
Photograph: Alex Levis. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Original photograph & attribution · Pexels License · Downloaded 2026-10-25.

**Cocoa pods ripening on a branch in a plantation.**
Photograph: Tope J. Asokere. Not stated.
Original photograph & attribution · Pexels License · Downloaded 2026-10-25.

**Aerial view of rows of solar panels on dry land near De Aar, South Africa.**
Photograph: Charl Durand. De Aar, Northern Cape, South Africa.
Original photograph & attribution · Pexels License · Downloaded 2026-10-25.

**Top-down night view of a cargo ship and floodlit quay at Cape Town harbour.**
Photograph: Kelly. Cape Town, South Africa.
Original photograph & attribution · Pexels License · Downloaded 2026-10-25.

**Aerial view of cultivated rice fields stretching to the horizon in Tanzania.**
Photograph: Moses Londo. Tanzania.
Original photograph & attribution · Pexels License · Downloaded 2026-10-25.

**Aerial view of a paved road curving through green countryside under a cloudy sky.**
Photograph: Kelly. Not stated on the source page.
Original photograph & attribution · Pexels License · Downloaded 2026-10-25.

**An empty classroom in Nigeria with wooden desks, a whiteboard and a wall clock.**
Photograph: Oloruntoba John. Nigeria.
Original photograph & attribution · Pexels License · Downloaded 2026-10-25.

**An empty hospital room with beds beside a window in Accra, Ghana.**
Photograph: Maxx Sas. Accra, Greater Accra Region, Ghana.
Original photograph & attribution · Pexels License · Downloaded 2026-10-25.

**Aerial view of a distant figure walking along the crest of a coastal sand dune at dusk.**
Film: Serg Alesenko. Not stated on the source page.
Original photograph & attribution · Pexels License · Downloaded 2026-10-25.

**A dark aisle of network racks lit in blue.**
Photograph: panumas nikhomkhai. Not stated on the source page.
Original photograph & attribution · Pexels License · Downloaded 2026-10-28.

**Racks of servers with amber and green status lights in a dark room.**
Photograph: Taylor Vick. The source page title names the University of Washington, Seattle; no place is claimed on the site.
Original photograph & attribution · Unsplash License · Downloaded 2026-10-28.

**Downtown Houston, Texas, at dusk.**
Photograph: Carol M. Highsmith. Houston, Texas (named in the source title).
Original photograph & attribution · Public domain (Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress) · Downloaded 2026-10-28.

**Close-up of microchips on a circuit board.**
Photograph: Jakub Pabis. Not applicable.
Original photograph & attribution · Pexels License · Downloaded 2026-10-28.

**A red padlock resting on a computer keyboard.**
Photograph: FlyD. Not applicable.
Original photograph & attribution · Unsplash License · Downloaded 2026-10-28.

**Communication masts against a dusk sky in Keta, Ghana.**
Photograph: Noahalorwu. Keta, Volta Region, Ghana (named in the source title).
Original photograph & attribution · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Downloaded 2026-10-28.

**Fibre patch cables plugged into a patch panel.**
Photograph: Brett Sayles. Not applicable.
Original photograph & attribution · Pexels License · Downloaded 2026-10-28.

**The open pit of the Navachab gold mine near Karibib, Namibia.**
Photograph: Hp.Baumeler. Navachab Gold Mine, Karibib, Namibia.
Original photograph & attribution · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Downloaded 2026-10-28.

**The Sishen iron ore mine in South Africa.**
Photograph: Graeme Williams, Media Club. Sishen Mine, South Africa (Kumba Iron Ore).
Original photograph & attribution · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Downloaded 2026-10-28.

**The Nchanga copper mine near Chingola, Zambia.**
Photograph: BlueSalo. Nchanga copper mine near Chingola, Zambia.
Original photograph & attribution · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Downloaded 2026-10-28.

**A bauxite conveyor at Kamsar, Guinea.**
Photograph: Aboubacarkhoraa. Kamsar, Guinea (GAC bauxite conveyor).
Original photograph & attribution · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Downloaded 2026-10-28.

**Aerial view of a rice processing plant in eastern Uganda.**
Photograph: Dixon099. Eastern Uganda.
Original photograph & attribution · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Downloaded 2026-10-28.

**Cassava roots for sale at Monday Market, Kaduna State, Nigeria.**
Photograph: Dorcas Atule. Monday Market, Kaduna State, Nigeria.
Original photograph & attribution · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Downloaded 2026-10-28.

**Cattle by a lake at Barkiawal Beri, Tillaberi Region, Niger.**
Photograph: Vincent van Zeijst. Barkiawal Beri, Kollo department, Tillaberi Region, Niger.
Original photograph & attribution · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Downloaded 2026-10-28.

**Circular irrigated fields seen from the air near Hartbeespoort, South Africa.**
Photograph: South African Tourism from South Africa. Hartbeespoort, North West, South Africa.
Original photograph & attribution · CC BY 2.0 · Downloaded 2026-10-28.

**Wind turbines at Zafarana on the Red Sea coast of Egypt.**
Photograph: Mohamed kamal 1984. Zafarana, Red Sea, Egypt.
Original photograph & attribution · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Downloaded 2026-10-28.

**Solar panels on a rooftop in Ghana.**
Photograph: Esthee2010. Ghana.
Original photograph & attribution · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Downloaded 2026-10-28.

**A solar mini-grid in Bayelsa, Nigeria.**
Photograph: Rupumped. Bayelsa, Nigeria.
Original photograph & attribution · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Downloaded 2026-10-28.

**High-voltage power lines at Lethabo Power Station, South Africa.**
Photograph: Robosk. Lethabo Power Station, South Africa.
Original photograph & attribution · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Downloaded 2026-10-28.

**Gas facilities at Hassi R’Mel, Algeria.**
Photograph: Magharebia. Hassi R'Mel, Laghouat Province, Algeria.
Original photograph & attribution · CC BY 2.0 · Downloaded 2026-10-28.

**Olkaria V geothermal power station in Hell’s Gate National Park, Kenya.**
Photograph: Macabe5387. Olkaria V Geothermal Power Station, Hell's Gate National Park, Kenya.
Original photograph & attribution · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Downloaded 2026-10-28.

**Industrial and residential districts of Cape Town, South Africa.**
Photograph: Magda Ehlers. Cape Town, South Africa.
Original photograph & attribution · Pexels License · Downloaded 2026-10-28.

**Aerial view of the Kigali Convention Centre, Rwanda.**
Photograph: Emmanuelkwizera. Kigali Convention Centre, Kimihurura, Kigali, Rwanda.
Original photograph & attribution · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Downloaded 2026-10-28.

**Social housing under construction in Guinea.**
Photograph: Ibrahima Kolon BALDÉ. Guinea.
Original photograph & attribution · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Downloaded 2026-10-28.

**The Maputo-Katembe bridge, Mozambique, seen from the northern shore.**
Photograph: Jcornelius. Maputo-Katembe bridge, Maputo, Mozambique.
Original photograph & attribution · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Downloaded 2026-10-28.

**Lekki Deep Sea Port, Lagos, Nigeria, from the air.**
Photograph: FrankvEck. Lekki Deep Sea Port, Lagos, Nigeria.
Original photograph & attribution · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Downloaded 2026-10-28.

**The new terminal at Freetown International Airport, Lungi, Sierra Leone, from the airside.**
Photograph: Davidbstanley. Freetown International Airport (Lungi), Sierra Leone.
Original photograph & attribution · CC0 · Downloaded 2026-10-28.

**A standard gauge railway train crossing Nairobi National Park, Kenya.**
Photograph: Shadychiri. Nairobi National Park, Kenya (SGR elevated line).
Original photograph & attribution · CC BY 4.0 · Downloaded 2026-10-28.

**A trailer truck on the Accra to Nsawam highway, Ghana.**
Photograph: Amuzujoe. Accra-Nsawam highway, Ghana.
Original photograph & attribution · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Downloaded 2026-10-28.

**The fish hatchery at the Aquaculture Research and Development Centre, Kajjansi, Uganda.**
Photograph: Faintsmoke. Aquaculture Research and Development Centre, Kajjansi, Uganda.
Original photograph & attribution · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Downloaded 2026-10-28.

**Animal feed pellets in a bowl.**
Photograph: GIZ Bush Control and Biomass Utilisation Project. Not stated on the source page.
Original photograph & attribution · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Downloaded 2026-10-28.

**Rows of fresh tilapia on display.**
Photograph: Kindel Media. Not stated on the source page.
Original photograph & attribution · Pexels License · Downloaded 2026-10-28.

**Fish smoking ovens in Avloh, Grand-Popo, Benin.**
Photograph: Kulttuurinavigaattori. Avloh, Grand-Popo, Benin.
Original photograph & attribution · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Downloaded 2026-10-28.

**A refrigerated container on a truck at Table Bay Harbour, Cape Town.**
Photograph: Col André Kritzinger. Table Bay Harbour, Cape Town.
Original photograph & attribution · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Downloaded 2026-10-28.

**Freshly caught fish at a market in Port Said, Egypt.**
Photograph: Nermeen Designs. Port Said, Port Said Governorate, Egypt.
Original photograph & attribution · Pexels License · Downloaded 2026-10-28.

**Fishing pirogues on the beach at Kayar, Senegal, from the air.**
Photograph: Ibrahima khalilpro diop. Kayar, Senegal.
Original photograph & attribution · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Downloaded 2026-10-28.

**The Sandton skyline in Gauteng, South Africa, at night.**
Photograph: K. Sandton, Gauteng, South Africa.
Original photograph & attribution · Pexels License · Downloaded 2026-10-28.

Business theme photography

Photographs of the kinds of business a visitor may want to build: fish farms, poultry, roads, hotels, schools, hospitals, universities, factories, power, farming, housing, finance, equipment, shipping and fleets. Each is published under the Pexels License and linked to its source; where the source states no place, the caption stays general. These photographs illustrate a sector, not a Capital Africa project or partner.

**Aerial view of fish farming rafts and net pens on a lake, with workers and boats alongside.** Tete, Mozambique.
Photograph: SINAL Multimédia.
Original photograph & attribution · Pexels License

**Aerial view of floating fish farm pens on a calm lake between dry hills.** Tete, Mozambique.
Photograph: SINAL Multimédia.
Original photograph & attribution · Pexels License

**Inside a large poultry house with a flock of white chickens under a timber roof.**
Photograph: Mark Stebnicki.
Original photograph & attribution · Pexels License

**Young broiler chickens gathered around a feeder on a farm floor.**
Photograph: raja j.
Original photograph & attribution · Pexels License

**A road roller compacting the base of a new highway under construction.** Saudi Arabia.
Photograph: engineer Abdullah.
Original photograph & attribution · Pexels License

**Aerial view of a highway beside an active road construction site.** Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Photograph: Cầu Đường Việt Nam.
Original photograph & attribution · Pexels License

**Aerial view of a tropical resort with winding swimming pools, palm trees and a beach.**
Photograph: Gopinath Mohanta.
Original photograph & attribution · Pexels License

**Aerial view of a beachfront hotel with a swimming pool among palm trees.**
Photograph: Quang Nguyen Vinh.
Original photograph & attribution · Pexels License

**Aerial view of a school building complex with classroom blocks around a courtyard.** Zomba, Malawi.
Photograph: SINAL Multimédia.
Original photograph & attribution · Pexels License

**Students in uniform standing outside a school building.**
Photograph: Speak Media Uganda.
Original photograph & attribution · Pexels License

**A modern private clinic building under a blue sky in Harare.** Harare, Zimbabwe.
Photograph: Joel Muzhira.
Original photograph & attribution · Pexels License

**Aerial view of a hospital building lit at night beside a car park and road.** Serpong, Indonesia.
Photograph: Tom Fisk.
Original photograph & attribution · Pexels License

**Aerial view of a university campus with green-roofed teaching blocks and lawns in Ota, Nigeria.** Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria.
Photograph: Kayode Balogun.
Original photograph & attribution · Pexels License

**Drone view of university buildings and sports fields set in green grounds in Yamoussoukro.** Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire.
Photograph: Silvere Meya.
Original photograph & attribution · Pexels License

**The clock tower of the Balme Library at the University of Ghana, Accra.** Accra, Ghana.
Photograph: Maxx Sas.
Original photograph & attribution · Pexels License

**Office towers under construction with tower cranes along the Lagos waterfront.** Lagos, Nigeria.
Photograph: Taiwo Samson.
Original photograph & attribution · Pexels License

**Aerial view of a large building site with tower cranes and foundations.** Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Photograph: Nguyễn Trường An.
Original photograph & attribution · Pexels License

**Machinery inside a glass factory in Dar es Salaam.** Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Photograph: Keegan Checks.
Original photograph & attribution · Pexels License

**Bottles of water moving along an automated conveyor in a bottling plant.** Lipik, Croatia.
Photograph: Vladimir Srajber.
Original photograph & attribution · Pexels License

**A hydroelectric dam and its powerhouse below a reservoir in dry hills.** New Zealand.
Photograph: Donovan Kelly.
Original photograph & attribution · Pexels License

**Water spilling from a hydroelectric dam beneath forested mountains.**
Photograph: Quang Nguyen Vinh.
Original photograph & attribution · Pexels License

**Aerial view of wide farmland with tractors at work during harvest.**
Photograph: Sam McCool.
Original photograph & attribution · Pexels License

**Aerial view of a tractor cutting lines across green farmland.**
Photograph: Florence Mathiot.
Original photograph & attribution · Pexels License

**Aerial view of housing and apartment blocks among trees in Sowutoum, Accra.** Sowutoum, Greater Accra, Ghana.
Photograph: Cephas Phaso.
Original photograph & attribution · Pexels License

**Residential and commercial towers near the ocean in Lagos.** Lagos, Nigeria.
Photograph: onaopemipo Rufus.
Original photograph & attribution · Pexels License

**The Lagos business skyline across the lagoon, with a boat passing.** Lagos, Nigeria.
Photograph: Fawaz Onakoya.
Original photograph & attribution · Pexels License

**Modern office buildings and a road interchange in Accra.** Accra, Ghana.
Photograph: Prince Enos.
Original photograph & attribution · Pexels License

**Heavy machinery working a quarry face in Kaduna.** Kaduna, Nigeria.
Photograph: LekePOV.
Original photograph & attribution · Pexels License

**A yellow excavator and workers on a construction site under a clear sky.** Free State, South Africa.
Photograph: Jerome Govender.
Original photograph & attribution · Pexels License

**A passenger ferry and small boats beside a cargo ship with cranes at Dar es Salaam port.** Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Photograph: dully xd.
Original photograph & attribution · Pexels License

**Aerial view of fishing boats moored at Tema harbour.** Tema, Ghana.
Photograph: khanhhoangminh.
Original photograph & attribution · Pexels License

**Aerial view of new trucks parked in rows.**
Photograph: abdo alshreef.
Original photograph & attribution · Pexels License

**A row of parked delivery trucks.**
Photograph: Kamus Cheung.
Original photograph & attribution · Pexels License

Investment guide photography

Real photographs from Guinea and Sierra Leone provide context for the investment guides. Captions identify the place or activity and the recorded date where reliable. These documentary images do not represent Capital Africa projects, staff, clients, available assets or endorsements by the people and organisations shown.

Web versions are proportionally resized, compressed and converted to WebP; layouts may crop the visible frame. No scene content was generated or added. The photographs and these web versions retain the licences shown below, including the share-alike terms where applicable.

**Hydropower dam construction in Guinea, photographed in 2020.**
Photograph: Flucco.
Original photograph & attribution · CC BY-SA 4.0

**An ore-hauling truck on the road from Karta Pit in Guinea, photographed in June 2009.**
Photograph: darrylkeith.
Original photograph & attribution · CC BY-SA 3.0

**The Lero gold-processing plant in Guinea, photographed in February 2009.**
Photograph: darrylkeith.
Original photograph & attribution · CC BY-SA 3.0

**Container cranes and a cargo vessel at Conakry port, Guinea, photographed in 2020.**
Photograph: Flucco.
Original photograph & attribution · CC BY-SA 4.0

**A bauxite conveyor crossing a road near Boffa, Guinea, photographed in 2020.**
Photograph: Aboubacarkhoraa.
Original photograph & attribution · CC BY-SA 4.0

**A rice field beside banana plants near Telimele, Guinea, photographed in 2017.**
Photograph: Flucco.
Original photograph & attribution · CC BY-SA 4.0

**Rice fields beside waterways near Rokupr, Sierra Leone, photographed in March 2014.**
Photograph: Africa Rice Center.
Original photograph & attribution · CC BY-SA 3.0

**A woman spreading cassava flour to dry in Sierra Leone, photographed in 2016.**
Photograph: Nduati.githae.
Original photograph & attribution · CC BY-SA 4.0

**Fishers drawing a net onto Lumley Beach in Freetown, Sierra Leone.**
Photograph: Ghassan Mroue.
Original photograph & attribution · CC BY-SA 3.0

**Participants discussing business recovery at a forum in Sierra Leone.**
Photograph: Gabriel Rockwell.
Original photograph & attribution · CC BY-SA 4.0

**Solar panels powering laptops at a school in Sahn Malen, Sierra Leone, photographed in 2010.**
Photograph: One Laptop per Child.
Original photograph & attribution · CC BY 2.0

**An alluvial diamond miner working in Kono district, Sierra Leone, photographed in 2005.**
Photograph: Laura Lartigue.
Original photograph & attribution · Public domain (US government / USAID)

**Conakry and its Atlantic shoreline, Guinea; an aerial photograph published in 2019.**
Photograph: Alpha hmd.
Original photograph & attribution · CC BY-SA 4.0

**An aerial view of Freetown and its harbour, Sierra Leone, photographed in 2004.**
Photograph: David Hond.
Original photograph & attribution · CC BY 2.0

Sierra Leone and Guinea places

Ports, railways, dams and coast in the two priority markets, used on the Sierra Leone and Guinea investment pages and in the home page hero. Web versions are resized, converted to WebP and graded in CSS; one Souapiti view is cropped to remove a railing. They retain the licences shown, including the share-alike terms. They show places, not Capital Africa projects, partners or assets.

A CBG bauxite train with hopper wagons on the Sangaredi to Kamsar line in Guinea. — **Sangaredi to Kamsar railway, Guinea**
Photograph: Aboubacarkhoraa, 2020.
Original photograph & attribution · CC BY-SA 4.0

Container cranes and a cargo ship at the autonomous port of Conakry, Guinea. — **Port of Conakry, Guinea**
Photograph: Flucco, 2020.
Original photograph & attribution · CC BY-SA 4.0

The Kaleta hydropower dam on the Konkoure River in Guinea, photographed during construction. — **Kaleta, Guinea**
Photograph: Flucco, 2020.
Original photograph & attribution · CC BY-SA 4.0

Bauxite processing and loading installations of the CBG at Kamsar, Guinea. — **Kamsar, Guinea**
Photograph: Aboubacarkhoraa, 2020.
Original photograph & attribution · CC BY-SA 4.0

The Souapiti hydropower dam and its gantry crane on the Konkoure River in Guinea. — **Souapiti, Guinea**
Photograph: Aboubacarkhoraa, 2023.
Original photograph & attribution · CC BY-SA 4.0

The Souapiti dam seen across the valley of the Konkoure River in Guinea. — **Souapiti, Guinea**
Photograph: Aboubacarkhoraa, 2023.
Original photograph & attribution · CC BY-SA 4.0

A container ship entering the port of Freetown, Sierra Leone, with the city and hills behind. — **Port of Freetown, Sierra Leone**
Photograph: Alacoolwiki, 2017.
Original photograph & attribution · CC BY-SA 4.0

A wide beach on the Freetown peninsula, Sierra Leone, with the mountains behind. — **Freetown peninsula, Sierra Leone**
Photograph: Erik Cleves Kristensen, 2014.
Original photograph & attribution · CC BY 2.0

Palm trees and beach shelters at Tokeh Beach on the Freetown peninsula, Sierra Leone. — **Tokeh Beach, Sierra Leone**
Photograph: Lars Bessel, 2017.
Original photograph & attribution · CC BY-SA 4.0

Fishing and transport boats moored off Tokeh Beach, Sierra Leone. — **Tokeh Beach, Sierra Leone**
Photograph: Hodroj Houssein, 2016.
Original photograph & attribution · CC BY-SA 4.0

Sierra Leone and Guinea project documents

Photographs, a site plan and mineral samples reproduced from the investment documents named below, as their publishers issued them, to show the projects and minerals those documents describe. Copyright stays with each publisher. Web versions are resized and converted to WebP; mineral samples are cut from their plain backdrop. Images marked as concept images or renderings show planned developments, not built ones. None shows a Capital Africa project, partner or asset.

Aerial view of a forested river valley in the Sula Mountains with the Pepel to Tonkolili iron ore railway along it, northern Sierra Leone.
Tonkolili North and Kasafoni investor brief, National Investment Board, Sierra Leone, page 1.
A flooded artisanal mining pit in red laterite ground in Sierra Leone.
A National Strategy for Critical Minerals in Sierra Leone, 2026 to 2031, Ministry of Mines and Mineral Resources and National Minerals Agency, page 34.
Aerial view of a mineral processing plant set in red earth and forest in Sierra Leone.
A National Strategy for Critical Minerals in Sierra Leone, 2026 to 2031, Ministry of Mines and Mineral Resources and National Minerals Agency, page 21.
Aerial view of conveyors, ore stockpiles and a haul truck at a Sierra Leone mine.
A National Strategy for Critical Minerals in Sierra Leone, 2026 to 2031, Ministry of Mines and Mineral Resources and National Minerals Agency, page 40.
Aerial view of the Seli river below Bumbuna, Tonkolili District.
Bumbuna I investment brief, National Investment Board, Sierra Leone, page 1.
Site plan of the Bekongor III scheme on the Sewa river: dam and intake, open-channel waterway and powerhouse.
Bekongor III hydropower investment brief, National Investment Board, Sierra Leone, page 1.
The Rokel river near Lankono, Port Loko District, with forest on its far bank.
Lankono hydropower investment brief, National Investment Board, Sierra Leone, page 1.
Rows of ground-mounted solar panels in Sierra Leone.
Priority rural mini-grids brief, National Investment Board, Sierra Leone, page 2.
A ground-mounted solar farm near the coast in Sierra Leone.
A National Strategy for Critical Minerals in Sierra Leone, 2026 to 2031, Ministry of Mines and Mineral Resources and National Minerals Agency, page 16.
A SALWACO water treatment plant on a green hillside in Sierra Leone.
Solar power for water treatment plants brief, National Investment Board, Sierra Leone, page 2.
Aerial view of fuel storage tanks and a jetty on the Freetown waterfront.
Strategic petroleum reserve brief, National Investment Board, Sierra Leone, page 1.
White fuel storage tanks and red pipe racks at a Sierra Leone terminal.
Strategic petroleum reserve brief, National Investment Board, Sierra Leone, page 2.
The marine jetty of the Kissy fuel terminal, Freetown, with a tanker alongside.
Freetown terminal expansion brief, National Investment Board, Sierra Leone, page 1.
A reservoir among forested hills above Freetown.
Mountain Communities bulk water brief, National Investment Board, Sierra Leone, page 1.
The river that would supply Port Loko, Lunsar, Mile 91 and Yele.
Water supply brief: Port Loko, Lunsar, Mile 91 and Yele, National Investment Board, Sierra Leone, page 4.
A weir on the river supplying Tongo, Eastern Province.
Water supply brief: Tongo, Koindu and Buedu, National Investment Board, Sierra Leone, page 2.
An old pressure tank and pipework at a provincial water works in Sierra Leone.
Water supply brief: Port Loko, Lunsar, Mile 91 and Yele, National Investment Board, Sierra Leone, page 4.
Aerial view of the estuary and mangrove creeks of the Western Area.
Freetown sanitation brief, National Investment Board, Sierra Leone, page 1.
The new terminal of Freetown International Airport at Lungi, at dusk.
Lungi cold storage brief, National Investment Board, Sierra Leone, page 2.
The slipway of the Freetown Shipyard with vessels moored beyond.
Freetown Shipyard investment brief, National Investment Board, Sierra Leone, page 1.
Parcels on a sorting conveyor.
SALPOST revival investment brief, National Investment Board, Sierra Leone, page 1.
Concept image from the promoter: an aerial view of a planned administrative capital at dusk.
Greater Freetown and Lungi growth corridor brief, National Investment Board, Sierra Leone, page 1.
Concept image from the promoter: the planned Felei Tech City campus at dusk.
Felei Tech City investment brief, National Investment Board, Sierra Leone, page 1.
Aerial view of lowland rice fields and forest at Torma Bum, Bonthe District.
Torma Bum rice complex brief, National Investment Board, Sierra Leone, page 1.
A path between rows of mature oil palms.
Palm oil expansion investment brief, National Investment Board, Sierra Leone, page 1.
Oil palm fresh fruit bunches on a mill conveyor.
Oil palm plantation and mill brief, Bo District, National Investment Board, Sierra Leone, page 1.
Aerial view of the Magbass sugar cane estate, Tonkolili District.
Magbass sugar estate brief, National Investment Board, Sierra Leone, page 1.
Cattle at a livestock farm.
Musaia livestock and abattoir brief, National Investment Board, Sierra Leone, page 2.
The insulated doors of a cold storage room.
Lungi cold storage brief, National Investment Board, Sierra Leone, page 1.
Aerial view of a river mouth and white sand beach on the Freetown peninsula.
Ministry of Tourism, beach resorts brief, Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Affairs, page 1.
Aerial view of unbroken rainforest canopy in Sierra Leone.
Ministry of Tourism, eco-lodges brief, Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Affairs, page 1.
The ruined walls of the slave fort on Bunce Island, Sierra Leone.
Invest in Agriculture in Sierra Leone (sector guide), Sierra Leone Investment and Export Promotion Agency, page 16.
An iron ore mine and processing plant on red hills in Sierra Leone.
A National Strategy for Critical Minerals in Sierra Leone, 2026 to 2031, Ministry of Mines and Mineral Resources and National Minerals Agency, page 36.
Close view of grey crystalline mineral fragments.
A National Strategy for Critical Minerals in Sierra Leone, 2026 to 2031, Ministry of Mines and Mineral Resources and National Minerals Agency, page 22.
A forested mountain ridge in Guinea, photographed in black and white.
Invest in the projects of the Simandou 2040 Program, Simandou 2040 Programme, Government of Guinea, page 6.
Mining benches cut into a green ridge of the Simandou range, Guinea.
Invest in the projects of the Simandou 2040 Program, Simandou 2040 Programme, Government of Guinea, page 1.
Iron ore being loaded onto a bulk carrier at a Guinean port, seen from above.
Invest in the projects of the Simandou 2040 Program, Simandou 2040 Programme, Government of Guinea, page 7.
Earthworks and a new railway line being built through hills in Guinea.
Invest in the projects of the Simandou 2040 Program, Simandou 2040 Programme, Government of Guinea, page 4.
A new toll plaza on a highway in Guinea.
Invest in the projects of the Simandou 2040 Program, Simandou 2040 Programme, Government of Guinea, page 8.
A new flyover and interchange in Conakry, seen from above.
Invest in the projects of the Simandou 2040 Program, Simandou 2040 Programme, Government of Guinea, page 4.
A long ore loading jetty at sunrise on the Guinean coast.
Invest in the projects of the Simandou 2040 Program, Simandou 2040 Programme, Government of Guinea, page 12.
Aerial view of a roundabout and the city around it in Conakry.
Invest in the projects of the Simandou 2040 Program, Simandou 2040 Programme, Government of Guinea, page 12.
The Conakry peninsula and harbour from the air at sunrise.
Invest in the projects of the Simandou 2040 Program, Simandou 2040 Programme, Government of Guinea, page 3.
A newly built health facility in Guinea.
Invest in the projects of the Simandou 2040 Program, Simandou 2040 Programme, Government of Guinea, page 10.
Developer rendering of WAFQ City on Avenue du Port, Conakry.
Invest in the projects of the Simandou 2040 Program, Simandou 2040 Programme, Government of Guinea, page 11.
The Nimba sculpture before the terminal of Ahmed Sékou Touré International Airport, Conakry.
Invest in the projects of the Simandou 2040 Program, Simandou 2040 Programme, Government of Guinea, page 2.
An interchange and the surrounding city of Conakry from above.
Invest in the projects of the Simandou 2040 Program, Simandou 2040 Programme, Government of Guinea, page 7.
A pile of iron ore concentrate from Lunsar, Marampa.
National Minerals Agency mineral sample brief, National Minerals Agency, page 1.
A pile of rutile concentrate from Gbangbama.
National Minerals Agency mineral sample brief, National Minerals Agency, page 1.
A pile of hematite ore from Farangbaya, Tonkolili.
National Minerals Agency mineral sample brief, National Minerals Agency, page 1.
A pile of bauxite from Gondama, Moyamba District.
National Minerals Agency mineral sample brief, National Minerals Agency, page 1.
A pile of chromite ore from Hanga, Kenema District.
National Minerals Agency mineral sample brief, National Minerals Agency, page 1.
A pile of columbite-tantalite ore from Kono.
National Minerals Agency mineral sample brief, National Minerals Agency, page 1.
A pile of spodumene lithium ore from Kalangba, Bombali District.
National Minerals Agency mineral sample brief, National Minerals Agency, page 1.
A pile of cassiterite tin ore from Kamakwei, Karene District.
National Minerals Agency mineral sample brief, National Minerals Agency, page 1.
A pile of zircon sand from Gbangbama.
National Minerals Agency mineral sample brief, National Minerals Agency, page 1.
A hand specimen of kimberlite from Meya, Kono District.
National Minerals Agency rock sample brief, National Minerals Agency, page 1.

Supplied business & travel collection

The process and travel galleries also include images supplied by Capital Africa: metal processing, material examination, testing equipment, safekeeping, artisanal mining pits, wildlife, waterways, markets and evening experiences. The September 2026 selection was resized and compressed for the website without generating new content. Travel photographs span different African destinations; the itinerary and available experiences are matched to each enquiry. A photograph of equipment, accommodation or storage illustrates a service context and does not establish an operator partnership or ownership. The montage that opens the home page is a supplied composite, edited with AI to sit inside the dark hero; it combines a business handshake, a gold Africa emblem, mining, shipping and site visits, and does not show our staff, clients or sites. The short films on the home page and the welcome film on the About page combine illustrative scenes with supplied footage and AI narration.

Sierra Leone

Guinea

Liberia

Ghana

The Gambia

**A boat on the River Gambia.**
Photograph: Mishimoto from Leiden, Netherlands.
Original photograph & attribution · CC BY 2.0

**The Atlantic at Kololi, The Gambia.**
Photograph: Ben Tatlow bentatlow.
Original photograph & attribution · CC0

Mali

Burkina Faso

Kenya

Senegal

**The harbour on the Island of Goree, Senegal.**
Photograph: Initsogan.
Original photograph & attribution · CC BY-SA 3.0

Togo

Cameroon

Tanzania

Visit Africa travel scenes

Six original scenes created for Capital Africa with AI in September 2026. The people, vehicles, routes and hotels are illustrative, not photographs of our staff, clients, fleet, partner properties or completed visits. They draw on West African settings; identifiable country photographs are credited separately above.

African traveller meeting a driver beside an SUV at an airport. — Airport arrivals & transfers, original AI illustration for Capital Africa.

Business traveller seated in a private car in a coastal African city. — Private car & driver, original AI illustration for Capital Africa.

SUV on a road through green West African hills. — City-to-city journeys, original AI illustration for Capital Africa.

African professionals and a visiting investor at an agricultural processing site. — Business & site visits, original AI illustration for Capital Africa.

Visiting delegation and a driver beside a passenger minibus. — Groups & delegations, original AI illustration for Capital Africa.

Local host welcoming a guest to a coastal African hotel. — Hotels & local hosting, original AI illustration for Capital Africa.

Technology page illustrations

The 35 pictures on the Technology page, supplied by Capital Africa in October 2026, are AI-generated illustrations. The people, offices, server rooms and cities in them are synthetic: they are not photographs of our staff, clients, premises or completed projects, and a coastal city is not an authenticated photograph of any named place. The example engagements they accompany are illustrative scenarios.

Mining page illustrations

Four pictures on the Mining and Minerals briefing, supplied by Capital Africa in October 2026, are AI-generated illustrations: the open-pit mine at sunset, the rough diamonds beside a loupe, the diamond grader and the gravel washing screen. They are not photographs of a particular mine, of our staff or of any material we handle. The geology section and the refining diagram on that page are drawings made for the site. The stacked gold bars and the large rough diamond in the gold and diamond bands are photographs Capital Africa supplied in October 2026, graded for the page; their original source is not recorded, and they do not show material Capital Africa handles.

Gold and diamond photographs on the home page

The molten gold pour, the rough diamond held in tweezers and the row of five rough diamonds that open the home page are photographs Capital Africa supplied in October 2026, resized and lightly graded for the page. Their original source is not recorded. They illustrate the gold and diamond trade and do not show material Capital Africa handles.

Business development & investment scenes

Three original AI illustrations remain in use, created for Capital Africa in September and October 2026: the private retreat in the travel collection, the boardroom briefing that opens the Academy, and the site-visit convoy on the home page and the travel pages. They are fictional settings, not photographs of a property, a meeting or a journey.

A tropical hotel resort with a pool and landscaped grounds. — Comfortable stays & private retreats, original AI illustration.

Illustrative scene: a briefing in a boardroom at dusk, with a map of Africa on the screen and a city skyline beyond the glass. — Academy briefing, original AI illustration.

Illustrative scene: three four-wheel-drive vehicles on a gravel road above a mining site. — Site-visit convoy, original AI illustration.

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