Mikhail Nikomarov
Partner Boston Consulting Group
Mikhail uses his 20 years of experience in Mining and Energy in Africa and globally to support clients involved in the Energy Transition. As Partner and Associate Director in the Climate & Sustainability Practice, he focuses on low carbon electrification, energy storage technologies, and critical mineral supply chains. Prior to BCG, he was CEO of Bushveld Energy, an energy storage company, and a member of the Executive Committee for London-listed Bushveld Minerals.
2026 Agenda Sessions
Can Africa’s battery minerals market keep pace with technology shifts and global tensions?
Battery mineral markets are complex and ever changing. In a world where technological advancement can make a mineral no longer needed for a battery and geopolitical volatility can cause nations to rethink the immediate needs of the next energy transition, how can you know what mineral to invest in, and does this pose an existential threat to Africa’s critical minerals market?
Wednesday 11 February 14:35 - 15:20 Ngorongoro Crater Stage (CTICC1 - Level 2)
Critical minerals
Disruptive technologies
Battery mineral markets are complex and ever changing. In a world where technological advancement can make a mineral no longer needed for a battery and geopolitical volatility can cause nations to rethink the immediate needs of the next energy transition, how can you know what mineral to invest in, and does this pose an existential threat to Africa’s critical minerals market?
Ngorongoro Crater Stage (CTICC1 - Level 2) Africa/Johannesburg
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