Overview
Mining Indaba is pivotal event for mining professionals, investors, and industry leaders looking to capitalize on the vast opportunities in Africa's mining sector. With a focus on fostering long-term economic growth and sustainability, the event served as a premier meeting place for networking, deal-making, and discussions on topics such as technological advancements in mining, sustainable mining practices, and investment opportunities in African mining projects.
We attended this 2025 edition and participated in a session that discussed inclusive growth in the Africa mining sector. Relive the highlights here.
Session
February 4, 12:00 p.m.—1:00 p.m. SAST
Turning extraction into value addition — catalyzing inclusive growth on the continent
The panel discussion covered:
- Maximizing opportunities for socio-economic change: Whilst the overarching opportunities presented by the critical energy transition mineral value chains present a means for intense development, how are these being maximized to create socio-economic change?
- Economic structural transformation: What needs to be done to contribute more to the economic structural transformation of mineral-producing countries, both in terms of economic diversification and their green industrialization ambitions?
- Centering communities in benefit sharing: How can communities be centered when discussing benefit sharing, local value addition and economic diversification of producing countries?
Moderator: Mkhululi Ncube, Program Management Officer, AMDC
Panelists: Mark Evans, Partner and Africa Head of Mining and Heavy Industries, Oliver Wyman; Hon. Bogolo Kenewendo, Minister of Minerals and Energy, Republic of Botswan; Andreas Schaal, Director of Global Relations, OECD; Godwin Armah, President, Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners; John Sloan, Economic Affairs Officer, UNEC; Nere Emiko, MD, Kian Smith Group
Meet The Team
