
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.
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The BRICS summit has sharpened the race to secure critical minerals – but for Africa, the bigger opportunity is capturing more of the value created after extraction.

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.