Isabelle Ramdoo
Deputy Director IGF/IISD
Isabelle Ramdoo is the Deputy Director of the IGF Secretariat and leads its work on local content policies, critical minerals and mineral value chains.
Isabelle is an economist with over 20 years of experience in trade negotiations and industrial policy. She has worked as a senior advisor to the African Minerals Development Centre/United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, as Deputy Head of Programme, Economic Transformation, at the European Centre for Development Policy Management, and as an economist and trade negotiator for the Government of Mauritius.
2025 Agenda Sessions
Evolving African policy and value - developing a mutually beneficial mineral blueprint
- Are measures to restrict exports of raw minerals increasing local value addition?
- Why are producers increasingly leveraging their minerals towards securing greater local content and participation in domestic mining activities from foreign players?
- Looking at the long-standing regional development protocols, how can partners support sustainable investments into local mining value chains whilst also promoting transparent & equitable policy?
Monday 03 February 15:45 - 16:30 CTICC2
Intergovernmental Summit Track 1
- Are measures to restrict exports of raw minerals increasing local value addition?
- Why are producers increasingly leveraging their minerals towards securing greater local content and participation in domestic mining activities from foreign players?
- Looking at the long-standing regional development protocols, how can partners support sustainable investments into local mining value chains whilst also promoting transparent & equitable policy?
Is policy a blocker to technology and innovation?
- What is the importance of government policies in supporting technological innovation?
- Why is policy not keeping pace with the rate of technological advancement?
- Can collaboration between governments, businesses, and academia to drive technological advancements.
Tuesday 04 February 10:00 - 10:45 CTICC1
Tech & Innovation Hub
- What is the importance of government policies in supporting technological innovation?
- Why is policy not keeping pace with the rate of technological advancement?
- Can collaboration between governments, businesses, and academia to drive technological advancements.
The role of local capital and entrepreneurship in mining and industrialising Africa
- What do studies by AfDB, UNCTAD, AMDC, BloombergNEF, and others indicate about the feasibility of linking minerals to industrialisation? What are the key success factors?
- Can increased participation of local capital and entrepreneurs in the mining sector drive transformative impacts? How so?
- How does the involvement of local capital compare to foreign investment in terms of contributing to sustainable development and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)?
- What challenges or obstacles limit the effective participation of local capital and entrepreneurs in Africa’s mineral value chains?
Wednesday 05 February 14:00 - 14:45 CTICC2
Intergovernmental Summit Track 1
- What do studies by AfDB, UNCTAD, AMDC, BloombergNEF, and others indicate about the feasibility of linking minerals to industrialisation? What are the key success factors?
- Can increased participation of local capital and entrepreneurs in the mining sector drive transformative impacts? How so?
- How does the involvement of local capital compare to foreign investment in terms of contributing to sustainable development and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)?
- What challenges or obstacles limit the effective participation of local capital and entrepreneurs in Africa’s mineral value chains?
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