From vision to action - role of governments in advancing value chain development for critical energy transition minerals in Africa

• Unpacking the ‘how’ of bringing investments into local processing and refining of minerals and facilitating downstream manufacturing across Africa.
• What are the key levers of support governments need and how can south-south and international cooperation address some of the challenges currently faced? 
• How do regional and global architectures around trade policy, technology transfer and development financing need to be reshaped to align climate ambitions with Africa’s critical minerals endowment and industrialisation goals?