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09:00 (2 hours)
11 Feb 2026
Industry Intel
Red Sea Stage (CTICC1 – Level 1)

The Africa Gold Council: Championing Africa’s Gold Future

The Africa Gold Council's core mission is to support Africa's gold market development by applying a data driven approach towards system building, working with partners for a domestic African end-use gold market, to curating financial product innovations. 
This session explores Africa's gold economy spanning integration of artisanal production for the economy, to cultural and market integration and the finance models that can unlock the continent's gold value chain.

Opening remarks: Africa's Gold Vision
Panel: The gold value chain: integration into market eco-systems
Panel:Gold and Culture
Panel:Financing the Gold Value Chain

Speakers
Abdallah Osman
CEO
Siimodi Group
Franklin Edochie
SVP & President & Acting Head, Metals & Mining
Africa Finance Corporation
Grant Crosse
MD
MetCon
Jon O’Callaghan
Founder
Montt Capital
Jude Uzonwanne
CEO
Africa Gold Council
Kossi Toulassi
Head of Industrialization Trade, Markets & Economic Analysis, Division
AUDA-NEPAD
Nere Emiko
Executive Vice Chairman
Kian Smith Company
Oumy Diaw
Curator & Founder
Communiquè CPW (DKR) & The African Imaginary (NYC)
Tamsin Freemantle
Capital Markets Development Practitioner
Independent Consultant
Moderators
Hannane Ferdjani
Journalist
Beyond the Noise
Keith Nare
Director
Africa Gold Council
Mkhululi Ncube
Program Management Officer
AMDC