Driving sustainable investment in African Mining

Beyond Extraction: Building Infrastructure, Skills, and Value in African Mining

Explore Africa’s unique geological wealth and the transformative potential of its minerals in global value chains at this World Bank-hosted session. This dynamic event will focus on harnessing Africa's resource endowments for long-term, strategic industrial planning, value addition and infrastructure development, emphasizing the critical link between understanding resource locations and enabling strategic investments. The event will share on selective activities the World Bank is undertaking to enable the realization of a responsible mineral development that fosters value addition in Africa.


Monday 03 February 14:00 - 16:00 CTICC1

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Moderator

Sven Renner

Program Manager, World Bank Group

Speakers

Hon. Paul C. Kabuswe

Minister of Mines and Minerals Development, Republic of Zambia

Dr. Demetrios Papathanasiou

Global Director, Energy and Extractives, World Bank

Boubacar Bocoum

Lead Mining Specialist, World Bank

Dr. Martin Lokanc

Senior Mining Specialist, World Bank

Hiroyuki Tsuruno

Director for Development Issues, International Organizations Division, International Bureau, Ministry of Finance, Japan

Marie-Chantal Uwanyiligira

Country Director for Côte d’Ivoire, Benin, Guinea, and Togo , World Bank

Nathan Belete

Country Director, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe , World Bank

Richard Morgan

Head of Government Relations, Anglo American

Robert Schlotterer

Manager and Global Head, Energy and Extractives, World Bank