Driving sustainable investment in African Mining

Dinah Asare

Senior Director Social Performance Kinross Gold Corporation

Dinah is a highly experienced experienced, multifaceted professional with an academic background in law and a rich diverse multicultural executive level experience in various complex jurisdictions across Africa, Europe, Asia and now North America. 

Dinah has 20 years of international, operational, legal, and executive experience in a variety of sectors including oil & gas, mining, Commercial corporate planning, legal and financial services. 

She has expertise in external affairs, government relations, stakeholder engagement, local content, and strategic communications to significantly enhance company performance. She is a champion of the role of women, diversity, inclusion and belonging in driving inclusive growth and sustainable development. 

Dinah holds a Bachelor-of Law from the University of Reading, a Masters in French Law from the University of Nanterre and is a member of the Ghana Bar Association. 


2025 Agenda Sessions

Is achieving the social license to operate enough to future proof African mining?

  • Are community development efforts as impactful as they could be? 
  • How do we go deeper than social license? 
  • Is social license to operate the biggest risk to critical minerals mining?  
  • How do you close the gap between what the mineral will be used for and the impact on the ground?  

Tuesday 04 February 14:00 - 15:00 CTICC1

Sustainability Series

Add to calendar 02/04/2025 14:00 02/04/2025 15:00 Is achieving the social license to operate enough to future proof African mining?
  • Are community development efforts as impactful as they could be? 
  • How do we go deeper than social license? 
  • Is social license to operate the biggest risk to critical minerals mining?  
  • How do you close the gap between what the mineral will be used for and the impact on the ground?  
CTICC1 Africa/Johannesburg