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Grassroots intelligence translated into boardroom strategy, for governments, investors and institutions serious about de-risking their position in the sector.

Mecktilder M M

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Signature talks

  • Beyond Extraction: Owning Africa’s Value Chain From Ground to Global

    The case for Africa holding processing, standards and markets, rather than selling the rock and buying back the product.

    For governments, investors · keynote

  • Golden Opportunities: Securing Shared Benefits from Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining

    Why transparency on its own does not move value to the people who dig, and what governance has to do instead.

    For governments, investors, industry · panel

  • Investors of Choice: What Kind of Investors Do Communities and Countries Want?

    Buyers ask for responsibly sourced minerals and pay for irresponsibly sourced ones. What changes when that gap closes.

    For governments, investors · panel · EITI and ICGLR regional forum, Lusaka, 2025

  • Future-Proofing Africa Mining

    The sector’s next decade belongs to a generation already working in it, and that changes how it should be governed and financed.

    For governments, investors, industry · keynote · Investing in African Mining Indaba, Cape Town, 2025

  • Gender Voice on Critical Minerals

    Without sex-disaggregated data, policy and finance cannot see the women already across the value chain. What that blindness costs.

    For governments, investors · presentation · UONGOZI Institute and UNECA regional forum, Addis Ababa, 2026

Formats and logistics

One month's notice. Travels worldwide. Presents in English; speaks English and Swahili. Formats: keynote, panel, presentation, master of ceremonies. Topics: African mining, mineral diplomacy, critical minerals, investment and de-risking, mine-to-market, strategic leadership, entrepreneurship.

Past stages

  • Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative

    2025 · Arusha and Lusaka

  • ICGLR regional panels

    2023 -2025 · DRC, South Sudan, Zambia, Uganda

  • PanAFGEO

    2024

  • University of Cape Town, LEAD Programme

    2024 -2026 · Cape Town

  • African Minerals Development Centre, African Union

    2026

  • SAMAO, 8th West Africa Mining Week

    2026 · Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

  • Investing in African Mining Indaba

    2026 · Cape Town

  • Investing in African Mining Indaba

    2027 · Cape Town

  • All-Africa Leadership Summit

    2026 · Kigali

What they say

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