Driving sustainable investment in African Mining

Alhassane Haidara

Division Manager, Non Soverign Operations Industries & Services, African Development Bank

Alhassane is the Head of AfDB’s private equity fund-of-fund business. He has also been heading AfDB’s private sector operations in industrial sectors, including mining. Alhassane has over 20 years of project and corporate finance experience with leading development finance institutions and commercial bank (AfDB, IFC and Citibank) originating, structuring and executing debt and equity investments in a large range of sectors and geographies. Alhassane holds a certificate in public financial management from the Kennedy School (Harvard University), a master’s in business administration degree from the Darden Graduate School of Business (University of Virginia), and an Industrial Engineering degree from Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC) Liege, Belgium.
 


2024 Agenda Sessions

Financing Africa’s developing infrastructure for future returns

  • Infrastructure as a key – unlocking future access to new, untapped mining opportunities across the continent
  • How can investment into transition mineral mining open investment corridors into these opportunities?
  • Energy and utility security – How can developing reliable power access create new opportunities for investment? Does the capacity exist to support future mining efforts?
  • What are the ESG considerations? Are these likely to hinder financing, especially against the backdrop of other sources of FDI?

Tuesday 06 February 15:20 - 16:00 Pioneers Stage

Investment Series

Add to calendar 02/06/2024 15:20 02/06/2024 16:00 Financing Africa’s developing infrastructure for future returns
  • Infrastructure as a key – unlocking future access to new, untapped mining opportunities across the continent
  • How can investment into transition mineral mining open investment corridors into these opportunities?
  • Energy and utility security – How can developing reliable power access create new opportunities for investment? Does the capacity exist to support future mining efforts?
  • What are the ESG considerations? Are these likely to hinder financing, especially against the backdrop of other sources of FDI?
Pioneers Stage Africa/Johannesburg