Vision to Action: Role of Governments in Advancing Value Chain Development for Critical Energy Transition Minerals in Africa (Mining Indaba)
4 February 2025 • 9:15AM SAST Cape Town, South Africa
This session will address the ‘how’ of bringing investments into local processing & refining of minerals and facilitating downstream manufacturing across Africa. What are the key levers of support governments need and how can south-south & international cooperation address some of the challenges? How do regional & global architectures around trade policy, technology transfer & development financing need to be reshaped to align climate ambitions with Africa’s critical minerals endowment and industrialization goals?
Speakers:
- Kanika Chawla, Chief of Staff & Director of External Programs, SeeforALL
- Oladele Henry Alake, Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Federal Republic of Nigeria
- Satish Chandra Dubey, Minister of State of Coal and Mines, Republic of India
- Suneeta Kaimal, President & CEO, NRGI
- Zainab Usman, Director, Africa Program, CEIP
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Suneeta Kaimal
President and Chief Executive Officer, NRGI Governing Board ex officio