Franklin Edochie
SVP Africa Finance Corporation
Franklin is currently a Senior Vice President & Acting Head for the Metals & Mining desk at AFC. He’s a seasoned Resource Finance specialist with over 18 years of experience in the resources, metals, and mining sectors.
He has successfully originated, structured, and executed transactions exceeding US$3 billion, with a focus on precious metals, mining, and infrastructure projects across Africa. His expertise spans project finance, corporate finance, acquisition facilities, and private equity, with a track record of driving significant portfolio growth and diversification at the Africa Finance Corporation. He has led cross-sector collaboration efforts, developed high-value transaction pipelines, and played key roles in landmark deals, making substantial contributions to the energy transition and mining industries in Sub-Saharan Africa.
2025 Agenda Sessions
Workshop 1 – Maximising Africa’s critical minerals endowment
Africa's strategic edge: Critical minerals for a global clean energy future
Working Group Sessions:
- Strategic importance of critical minerals: With its rich reserves of critical minerals, like cobalt and lithium, how can the continent leverage these for sustainable growth?
- Global demand and Africa's opportunity: Africa's resources and energy mix could lead in the clean energy transition. What strategies can ensure Africa maximizes this advantage?
- Overcoming challenges to maximise benefits: Extraction challenges remain, from infrastructure to ESG concerns. How can Africa build investor trust while managing ESG risks?
- Policy initiatives to support mineral maximisation: What role do public-private partnerships play in supporting sustainable development?
- Actionable strategies and a future roadmap: Stakeholders are shaping plans to strengthen Africa's supply chain role. Which collaborations will drive long-term, sustainable growth?
Monday 03 February 13:00 - 14:30 CTICC2
Interactive Workshops
Africa's strategic edge: Critical minerals for a global clean energy future
Working Group Sessions:
- Strategic importance of critical minerals: With its rich reserves of critical minerals, like cobalt and lithium, how can the continent leverage these for sustainable growth?
- Global demand and Africa's opportunity: Africa's resources and energy mix could lead in the clean energy transition. What strategies can ensure Africa maximizes this advantage?
- Overcoming challenges to maximise benefits: Extraction challenges remain, from infrastructure to ESG concerns. How can Africa build investor trust while managing ESG risks?
- Policy initiatives to support mineral maximisation: What role do public-private partnerships play in supporting sustainable development?
- Actionable strategies and a future roadmap: Stakeholders are shaping plans to strengthen Africa's supply chain role. Which collaborations will drive long-term, sustainable growth?
Home-grown capital – filling the foreign finance gap with local investment
- As perceived risk makes foreign investors wary, how have intra-African financing options emerged to plug the gap?
- How are African-owned initiatives (i.e. AfDB, AFC), as well as local capital markets being used to increase domestic investment in an impactful way?
- Does their expert local knowledge through branch networks provide them an edge on foreign capital to invest wisely?
- How has a lack of positive credit profiles hindered the deployment of African finance and how can producers change this?
Wednesday 05 February 09:45 - 10:30 CTICC2
Intergovernmental Summit Track 2
- As perceived risk makes foreign investors wary, how have intra-African financing options emerged to plug the gap?
- How are African-owned initiatives (i.e. AfDB, AFC), as well as local capital markets being used to increase domestic investment in an impactful way?
- Does their expert local knowledge through branch networks provide them an edge on foreign capital to invest wisely?
- How has a lack of positive credit profiles hindered the deployment of African finance and how can producers change this?
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