Regionalizing African Mineral Value Chains: Requirements for Success (Mining Indaba)

Regional cooperation can enable African countries to harness opportunities and manage the challenges that will be explored throughout this year’s Investing in African Mining Indaba—particularly those related to mineral value addition.  

However, experience shows that translating regional ambitions into effective cooperation is difficult. This interactive workshop, hosted by the Natural Resource Governance Institute, will present key research findings on how to navigate these challenges, alongside analysis identifying concrete value-chain prospects and opportunities for regional cooperation. It will then bring together policymakers, industry representatives, research institutes, civil society and development partners in roundtable discussions focused on practical next steps to strengthen regional cooperation for mineral value addition.

Speakers

• Suneeta Kaimal, President and CEO, NRGI
• Marit Kitaw, Economics Affairs Officer, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
• Jerry Ahadjie, Chief Minerals Officer, African Development Bank
• Karla Cervantes Barron, Consultant & Visiting Researcher, Independent & Imperial College London
• Thomas Scurfield, Senior Economic Analyst , Natural Resource Governance Institute
• Vivien Foster, Principal Research Fellow and Climate Compatible Growth Lead , Imperial College London