Mining Indaba - Thomas Scurfield

Thomas Scurfield

Africa Senior Economic Analyst National Resource Governance Institute NRGI

Thomas supports economic policy work across Africa, including on taxation, revenue management and other linkages between the extractives sector and the economy. This support ranges from providing policy advice to governments to building the capacity of civil society actors. Before moving to London, he led NRGI’s research, technical assistance and capacity building on these issues in Tanzania.

Prior to joining NRGI, Thomas spent three years working in Sierra Leone's Ministry of Finance on extractive industry issues, first as an Overseas Development Institute fellow and then as an independent advisor. During this time, he supported the development of tax policy for the extractive industries, led the ministry's work on tax modeling of mining projects, and worked to improve intra-governmental coordination in these areas. Thomas has also worked with the U.K.’s Department for International Development as a member of the technical support team to improve governance and management of Sierra Leone’s extractive industries.

Thomas holds an M.Sc. in development economics from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and a B.A. honors in economics from the University of Nottingham.

Agenda Sessions

Panel Discussion: Transparency, Framework Development and Cross-Border Collaboration

- How are governments and institutions preparing for cross-border collaboration?

- Linking between minerals, climate action and green recovery to Agenda 2063, AfCFTA and the African Mining Vision

- What steps have been taken to establish a system for public-private cooperation to harness and strengthen productive capacity?

Wednesday 08 February 10:15 - 10:50 Roof Terrace

Intergovernmental Summit

Add to calendar 02/08/2023 10:15 02/08/2023 10:50 Panel Discussion: Transparency, Framework Development and Cross-Border Collaboration - How are governments and institutions preparing for cross-border collaboration?

- Linking between minerals, climate action and green recovery to Agenda 2063, AfCFTA and the African Mining Vision

- What steps have been taken to establish a system for public-private cooperation to harness and strengthen productive capacity? Roof Terrace Europe/London

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