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Driving sustainable investment in African Mining

Nere Emiko

CEO Kian Smith Company

Nere Emiko is the Founder and Executive vice chairman of Kian Smith Company focused on the mine-to-market gold value chain in Africa and pioneering other gold initiatives including Sanu, a digital and tokenized platform for precious metals. The company is actively dedicated to developing the African gold value chain and consults for institutions and governments on the mining sector. A founding director of the Africa Gold Council, she is also a pioneer partner of Legacy of Traditions focused on innovation and digitization to develop cultural economies and build industries through festivals and cultural traditions. She is the vice president of the Nigeria Indonesia Chamber of Commerce & Industry (NICCI). She is also on the board of the Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund (GCERF) – the world’s only global fund that provides grants to build resilience against violent extremism and strengthen community resilience. She started her professional career in computer architecture in the Semi-conductor industry with Motorola-Freescale Semiconductors. She holds a BSE with University Honors & MSE from Carnegie Mellon University in Electrical and Computer Engineering. 

2026 Agenda Sessions

Is gold a critical mineral for Africa's development?

With the continents recent political and economic shift towards gold security, this panel challenges old narratives to discuss if gold is the continents most underestimated critical mineral.
 

Tuesday 10 February 14:15 - 15:00 Ngorongoro Crater Stage (CTICC1 - Level 2)

Critical minerals

Add to calendar 02/10/2026 14:15 02/10/2026 15:00 Is gold a critical mineral for Africa's development? With the continents recent political and economic shift towards gold security, this panel challenges old narratives to discuss if gold is the continents most underestimated critical mineral.
  Ngorongoro Crater Stage (CTICC1 - Level 2) Africa/Johannesburg

Stronger together in gold: Building Africa’s responsible refining partnerships

Gold is no longer governed by a single centre of gravity. As producer countries move to retain value, strengthen oversight, and build domestic refining capacity, long-standing market standards are being tested, reinterpreted, and, in some cases, rewritten.

This fireside brings together the custodians of global gold standards, legacy refining institutions, and emerging African market authorities to examine how credibility is defined, how trust is transferred, and what a modern gold rulebook must look like in a world of shifting power.

It also showcases the true power of partnerships through a recent strategic collaboration between Rand Refinery and Ghana’s Gold Coast Refinery, working alongside GoldBod to deepen local beneficiation, strengthen technical capability, and raise responsible sourcing standards across the gold value chain

The conversation asks a simple but consequential question: who sets the rules of the gold market now - and who should?

Wednesday 11 February 13:50 - 14:20 Table Mountain Stage (CTICC1 - Ground Floor - Exhibition Hall)

Leadership

Add to calendar 02/11/2026 13:50 02/11/2026 14:20 Stronger together in gold: Building Africa’s responsible refining partnerships Gold is no longer governed by a single centre of gravity. As producer countries move to retain value, strengthen oversight, and build domestic refining capacity, long-standing market standards are being tested, reinterpreted, and, in some cases, rewritten.

This fireside brings together the custodians of global gold standards, legacy refining institutions, and emerging African market authorities to examine how credibility is defined, how trust is transferred, and what a modern gold rulebook must look like in a world of shifting power.

It also showcases the true power of partnerships through a recent strategic collaboration between Rand Refinery and Ghana’s Gold Coast Refinery, working alongside GoldBod to deepen local beneficiation, strengthen technical capability, and raise responsible sourcing standards across the gold value chain

The conversation asks a simple but consequential question: who sets the rules of the gold market now - and who should? Table Mountain Stage (CTICC1 - Ground Floor - Exhibition Hall) Africa/Johannesburg
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