- WHO: African Development Bank
- What: African Mining Indaba 2023
- From where: Cape Town International Convention Center (CTICC), South Africa
- Date: February 6-9, 2023
The African Development Bank will be attending African Mining Indaba 2023 in Cape Town, South Africa from 6-9 February 2023. The theme of this year’s conference is “Unlocking Africa’s Mining Investments”.
Stability, safety, supply.
The African Development Bank delegation is led by the African Center for Natural Resources Management and Investment and includes key sectors such as Industrialization and Trade Development, Sanctions and Appeals Commission and African Legal Support Facility.
As one of the sponsors of Africa’s Mining Indaba 2023, the Bank will work with the African Legal Support Facility and the CONNEX Support Unit to organize two events on battery minerals in the energy transition and contract negotiations to open up new mining industries. Hold events related to the use of mining opportunities. The Bank will also sponsor the Ministerial Lounge, the meeting place for all African ministers in Indaba. The delegation will attend a ministerial symposium where the private sector will discuss policy reforms in the mining sector with African ministers. The Bank’s participation in Indaba this year aims to build partnerships with the private sector and multilateral institutions to foster new investments in Africa’s mining sector in the context of climate change and just energy transitions. increase.
Events on the main stage:
| | Wednesday, February 8, 2023 |Main Stage, CTICC |11:
20-12:
20 |
Bank will host his 60-minute session titled Working with ALSF and CONNEX Support Units to Ensure Effective Negotiations of Mining Contracts with Win-Win Outcomes for Governments, Investors and Communities . The discussion will focus on strategies for drafting and negotiating relevant clauses of contracts to unlock mining investment for mutual benefit.
Featured Side Event:
February 7, 2023 (Tuesday) 2:00 p.m. 00-16:00 UTC for level 1, CTICC
In partnership with ALSF, the Bank will host special side events such as:
Minerals and energy conversion:
Africa strategy and investment outlook. The event will focus on effective strategies for unlocking mining investment in Africa’s green mineral sector in the context of environmental sustainability.
Overall, the African Development Bank’s involvement in mining Indaba is the focus of the conference’s theme.
Unlocking African Mining Investments:
Stability, security and supply to support the Bank’s initiative to develop a Green Minerals Strategy for Africa.
Ministerial Networking Lounge:
6-9 February 2023, CTICC Ministerial Lounge
This VIP lounge provides a meeting place for African mining ministers and development partners to discuss investments in their countries. This will allow the World Bank team to meet with several ministers to discuss project implementation and more.
Media Contact:
Solange Kamuanga-Tossou, Communications and External Relations Department, African Development Bank | s.kamuanga-tossou@afdb.org