Geopolitical Shifts and their Effect on African Mining

With core national interests increasingly driving cooperation and competition between states; global companies, especially those in strategic sectors, have a clear charge: they must deeply understand and even shape geopolitical conversations to remain competitive and differentiated.

The three most important geopolitical questions for 2023 relate to: 1) the protracted war in Ukraine, and whether national leaders and businesses will be forced to choose a side; 2) simultaneous supply and demand-side disruptions to energy markets, and how global actors should weigh energy security, diversification of supply, and the scale of ambition for the green energy transition; and 3) US-China competition, protectionism, and “decoupling,” and how far to go on resiliency and redundancy for both supply chains and consumer markets. This session will offer an assessment of how mining companies in Africa are affected by these geopolitical shifts, as well as how they can incorporate geopolitics into strategy and risk management.

Tuesday 07 February 16:20 - 16:35 Main Stage

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Add to calendar 02/07/2023 16:20 02/07/2023 16:35 Geopolitical Shifts and their Effect on African Mining With core national interests increasingly driving cooperation and competition between states; global companies, especially those in strategic sectors, have a clear charge: they must deeply understand and even shape geopolitical conversations to remain competitive and differentiated.

The three most important geopolitical questions for 2023 relate to: 1) the protracted war in Ukraine, and whether national leaders and businesses will be forced to choose a side; 2) simultaneous supply and demand-side disruptions to energy markets, and how global actors should weigh energy security, diversification of supply, and the scale of ambition for the green energy transition; and 3) US-China competition, protectionism, and “decoupling,” and how far to go on resiliency and redundancy for both supply chains and consumer markets. This session will offer an assessment of how mining companies in Africa are affected by these geopolitical shifts, as well as how they can incorporate geopolitics into strategy and risk management. Main Stage Europe/London