Mfikeyi Makayi

CEO Africa KoBold Metals

Mfikeyi is a seasoned mining professional with 17 years experience in industry. She worked as a civil & mining engineer at First Quantum’s Kansanshi Copper-Gold mine, as well as global internal audit division covering Australia, Finland, Mauritania and Panama’s operations.

 She was also the Country Manager and Director of one of Zambia’s largest mining and construction equipment supply and services companies, running the Caterpillar dealership in Zambia, Barloworld Equipment Zambia Ltd. Her portfolio covered all large surface and underground copper mines on the Zambian Copperbelt as well as Gemfields’ Kagem mine, the world’s largest emerald mine.

Mfikeyi is a holder of 4 degrees. She has a BSc in Civil Engineering and an M. Eng in Environmental Engineering both from Old Dominion University, United States, an M.Sc. in Mining Engineering from Camborne School of Mines at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom, and an Executive MBA from the highly ranked African business school, Lagos Business School at Pan-Atlantic University, in Nigeria.