
They discuss the success of collaborative projects that bring benefits beyond mining, the long-term commitment required from industry and government, and the mechanisms that ensure transparency, alignment, and accountability among multiple stakeholders.
Mzila and Bertus also highlight how these models can unlock greater investment opportunities across Africa, the risks to manage when expanding partnership approaches, and why sceptics should view this approach as both practical and transformative.

Resources can create massive prosperity on the African continent – but only when unlocked through strategic partnerships.

Mzila Mthenjane, CEO of the Minerals Council South Africa, said African mining leaders were now speaking with one voice in unlocking transformative growth for the industry.

As the US–China rivalry deepens, Africa’s mineral wealth is emerging as both opportunity and leverage. The next ten years will determine whether the continent remains a source of raw materials - or becomes an industrial power in its own right.