Vivek Mittal

CEO Africa Infrastructure Development Association

Vivek Mittal has over thirty years of experience in the international energy and renewable energy sector, having covered several roles as lender, investor and developer on over sixty projects in twenty-five countries.
As the CEO of Africa Infrastructure Development Association (AfIDA), he has led the creation of the Catapult Accelerator for start-up developers of infra, and relevant training programs. The program currently hosts eleven first time developers from eight countries, working to raise and deploy $ 2.2 billion of investments with better outcomes in terms of speed, scale and quality of investments.
Prior to this role, he has promoted clean energy start-up IPPs in India, Sri Lanka, CEE and USA over fifteen years, and serves as the Independent Investment Committee Member on Crescent Capital’s clean energy fund - the first clean energy fund to focus on Turkey and South Eastern Europe. And between 1993-2006 he held senior project finance roles in International banks and corporates, including ING Bank, Enron Europe Limited, Edison Capital Europe Limited, and Bank of Scotland (HBOS plc).
He holds an MBA from Rotterdam School of Management and MSc (Tech) in Instrumentation from the Birla Institute of Technology in India. He lives with his wife and two children in London.

2024 Agenda Sessions

Pan African investment – developing projects through local financing

Why are local banks better suited to navigate dynamic and emerging investment projects across the continent?
Does their expert local knowledge through branch networks provide them an edge to invest wisely?
How can Africa's banks offer mining companies a vital lifeline where hesitant external investors are unwilling to tread?
West Africa leading the way - Are local banks better suited to manage the potential risks towards collective success?

Tuesday 06 February 15:30 - 16:00 Governments Stage 1

Intergovernmental Summit

Add to calendar 02/06/2024 15:30 02/06/2024 16:00 Pan African investment – developing projects through local financing

Why are local banks better suited to navigate dynamic and emerging investment projects across the continent?
Does their expert local knowledge through branch networks provide them an edge to invest wisely?
How can Africa's banks offer mining companies a vital lifeline where hesitant external investors are unwilling to tread?
West Africa leading the way - Are local banks better suited to manage the potential risks towards collective success?

Governments Stage 1 Africa/Johannesburg

Effective mine development practices for Junior Miners

How has access to funding changed for juniors? Does competition for funding force Juniors to explore very specifically?
Junior miners often sell their projects on the back of their management team’s experience/track record in successfully delivering projects in Africa. Do investors exclusively back management track record?
What else can juniors do to build a long-lasting & trustful relationship with investors?
The social license to operate is fundamental to juniors developing their assets. Despite the expense of ESG practice how do juniors secure the social license to operate from their community?

Wednesday 07 February 16:20 - 17:00 Innovators Stage

Junior Miners Day

Add to calendar 02/07/2024 16:20 02/07/2024 17:00 Effective mine development practices for Junior Miners How has access to funding changed for juniors? Does competition for funding force Juniors to explore very specifically?
Junior miners often sell their projects on the back of their management team’s experience/track record in successfully delivering projects in Africa. Do investors exclusively back management track record?
What else can juniors do to build a long-lasting & trustful relationship with investors?
The social license to operate is fundamental to juniors developing their assets. Despite the expense of ESG practice how do juniors secure the social license to operate from their community? Innovators Stage Africa/Johannesburg

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