Monday, February 6, 2023
13:00 – 14:30
Mining Indaba
Westin Stage II, located on the Old Harbour Level
The Westin Cape Town
Convention Square, Lower Long St,
Cape Town, 8000, South Africa
The mineral intensity of the low carbon economy called for by the Paris Agreement on Climate change together with the ongoing multiple countries’ strategies/drives to secure resilient supplies of minerals and metals for their economic and national security needs, represent for Africa an opportunity to unleash its potential in critical minerals and metals value chains including for its economic diversification and to secure its own needs in the future.
Join us for an exchange on the opportunities, enablers, success drivers, and innovative approaches to potentially inform updated stakeholders agendas aimed at supporting Africa to decisively realize its minerals and metal development prospects in the foreseeable period.
Please join us for an engaging presentation and conversation with:
Presenter:
- Demetrios Papathanasiou, Global Director Energy and Extractives, World Bank
Moderator:
- Boubacar Bocoum, Lead Mining Specialist, World Bank
Panelists:
- Vanessa Ushie, Acting Director of the African Natural Resources Centre, African Development Bank.
- Silas Olan'g, Africa Energy Transition Advisor, Natural Resources Governance Institute.
Co-hosts: World Bank, IFC, MIGA
