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Africa’s mineral wealth is becoming increasingly central to global conversations on energy security, industrialisation and critical mineral supply chains. But for African governments, the more consequential question is no longer simply how to attract investment. It is how to ensure that investment supports national and regional priorities for value addition, industrial development, infrastructure, jobs and long-term economic transformation.

It is against this backdrop that Investing in African Mining Indaba and the African Minerals Policy Forum–Mining in Motion (AMPF–MiM) have entered a strategic partnership designed to connect African-led mineral policy dialogue more closely with the capital, industry expertise and institutional capability required to deliver it.

Mining in Motion, developed in collaboration with the Government of Ghana through the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, provides a platform for governments and stakeholders to engage on the policy choices shaping Africa’s minerals sector.

The partnership with Mining Indaba seeks to extend those conversations into the wider investment ecosystem, creating greater continuity between policy formulation and the commercial and institutional partnerships required for implementation.

The collaboration builds on Mining in Motion’s participation in Mining Indaba’s Ministerial Symposium earlier this year. It will deepen at AMPF–Mining in Motion 2026, taking place from 19–21 October at Destiny Arena in Accra, before continuing through government engagements, knowledge exchange and selected programme initiatives leading into Mining Indaba 2027 from 8-11 February in Cape Town.

At the heart of the partnership is a shared commitment to addressing one of the defining challenges for Africa’s mining economies by translating policy ambition into tangible investment, implementation and long-term economic value.

Across the continent, governments are increasingly seeking to capture more value from mineral resources through domestic processing, beneficiation, stronger regional value chains and greater participation by African businesses. Delivering these priorities, however, requires more than policy instruments. It requires commercially viable projects, infrastructure, financing, technology, market access and sustained cooperation between governments, investors, mining companies, development finance institutions and continental and regional bodies.

The partnership will therefore explore how priorities emerging from African governments and Mining in Motion’s Ministerial Roundtables can feed into Mining Indaba’s investment and industry conversations. In turn, market intelligence and investor perspectives emerging from Mining Indaba can help inform practical policy development and implementation through AMPF–MiM.

This creates a stronger partnership between policy and investment, bringing governments, industry, investors and institutions into closer alignment around shared priorities and the practical pathways needed to deliver sustainable value from Africa’s mineral resources. 

“Mining in Motion was created to provide an African platform for aligning mineral policy with industrialisation, value addition and shared prosperity. Our partnership with Mining Indaba gives those policy conversations a stronger connection to the investors, companies and institutions that can help deliver on them.”

~ Oheneba Nana Kwaku Duah, Founder, African Minerals Policy Forum–Mining in Motion

The partnership also reflects a broader shift in Africa’s minerals conversation. As competition for critical minerals intensifies globally, African governments are increasingly articulating a position that places domestic and regional economic value at the centre of mineral development.

The challenge now is moving from ambition to bankable, investable and implementable outcomes. For Mining Indaba, that means strengthening engagement with governments throughout the year rather than concentrating dialogue around its annual February gathering in Cape Town.

“Our government partnerships increasingly focus on how Mining Indaba can connect African policy priorities with the capital, industry and institutional capability needed to deliver them. Mining in Motion provides an important platform for deepening these conversations beyond February and engaging governments, continental institutions and industry leaders on the practical steps needed to translate policy ambitions into investment and implementation.”

~ Zeinab El-Sayed, Director of Government & Institutional Partnerships, Mining Indaba

She added that the partnership is intended to create stronger continuity between priorities emerging from African governments and conversations taking place across the wider mining and investment ecosystem.

As Africa seeks a stronger position in global mineral value chains, that continuity could prove increasingly important. The continent does not lack mineral endowment or policy ambition. The next test is whether governments, industry, investors and institutions can build the partnerships required to convert both into sustainable industrial and economic outcomes.

The Mining in Motion–Mining Indaba partnership seeks to strengthen the connection between Africa’s mineral policy priorities and the investment, industry and institutional partnerships needed to translate them into tangible outcomes.