Africa is actively looking to leverage major shifts in energy and manufacturing to increase its integration into global mining value chains in both traditional minerals and critical minerals related to emerging energy technologies. As part of this process, African countries are looking to improve their investment regimes and more directly link their mining sectors with broader regional and continental industrialization and development plans while supporting greater local transformation, expanding regional infrastructure, and “futureproofing” projects from financial and environmental disruption.  

This session will bring together Heads of State and corporate leaders to discuss the latest developments in improving the investment environment on the ground, progress at the national and continental level integrating companies into global value chains, and innovations in technology and equipment to maximize the potential of mining to advance Africa’s industrialization and development goals.