Ambassadors

"Africa cannot build lasting prosperity by remaining a source of raw materials for other economies. Stronger partnerships across Africa’s mineral sector must move beyond extraction to transformation—building local value chains, strengthening communities and industrial capacity, creating jobs, and ensuring that mineral wealth delivers lasting development."

“‘Stronger Together’ means building practical partnerships that finance Africa’s critical mineral value chains, unlock infrastructure corridors, create jobs, and ensure that the minerals powering the energy transition also power Africa’s own industrialization.”

“As geopolitical tensions rise and societies become more polarised, partnerships that can withstand these pressures are more important than ever. Africa’s mining potential will only translate into meaningful development through strong collaboration between governments and industry. Mining Indaba 2027 provides a critical platform to forge these partnerships and solutions.”

“Stronger together’ only holds if it holds at every level; the woman at the pit, the community around it, and the continent. In practice that means Africa stops exporting its minerals raw and starts owning the value they create; because partnership that leaves us where it found us isn’t partnership.”

“True partnership in the mining sector goes beyond mere collaboration; it requires a deep, fundamental alignment across value creation, structural frameworks, operational processes, and organisational culture. When these layers synchronise, we don’t just extract resources—we build additive, resilient, and inclusive systems that deliver lasting impact for all stakeholders.”

"Stronger Together means strengthening the connections across mineral supply chains, especially among stakeholders with different incentives and perspectives. Resilience is ultimately built on relationships. Partnerships in Practice create the trust, alignment and conditions needed to tackle complex challenges and achieve meaningful, lasting progress.”

“For mining to deliver for people and planet, our industry needs innovation, cooperation and diverse expertise. At Levin Sources, we support businesses and multi-stakeholder partnerships to work better together, solve shared challenges and deliver lasting impact. Mining Indaba is an important platform to turn collaboration into meaningful action.”

"Partnership isn’t measured by how many of us sit at the table, but by what changes because we sat there together. For me, Stronger Together is about turning collective conversation into collective progress."

"Our passion to partner for enduring and transformative change doesn’t signal our lack of ability, commitment and drive. It is a testament to our deepest ambition, unrelenting obsession, and sober clarity at the enormity of the task before us: improving the lives of Africans and the world."

“The current mining challenges require multiple stakeholders to come together to extract every ton of value from the mineral; otherwise, we are all losers. The biggest winners are those who know how to leverage collaborative relationships. Stronger Together: Partnerships in Practice.”

“The true measure of mining is not only the value extracted from the ground, but the value created around it — through strong partnerships, resilient supply chains and inclusive prosperity.”

"“Stronger Together: Partnerships in Practice” has a profound relevance to the success of the Chamber of Mines of Namibia in advocacy work with government, that have cemented trust relationships for the benefits of both the host country and the private mining sector."

“Partnerships in practice are about turning Africa’s mineral wealth into shared prosperity. When governments, industry, investors and communities work together, we can build stronger local value chains, create lasting opportunities and ensure more value from our resources stays in Africa.”

“Partnerships in practice begin with shared knowledge. By strengthening geological cooperation, improving access to reliable geoscience data and connecting governments, investors and institutions, we can turn Africa’s mineral potential into responsible investment, stronger value chains and sustainable development.”

“The future of mining will be shaped by the partnerships we build today. When industry, governments and organisations work together to remove barriers and bring diverse voices to the table, inclusion moves from ambition to action—and the sector becomes stronger for it.”