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Enabling Africa's Value Addition Corridors

14 Oct 2026
Strategic Track

Sponsored by AFC

Capturing greater value from Africa's mineral resources requires more than processing plants, it requires integrated industrial ecosystems. This session will explore how reliable power, water security, desalination, special economic zones and industrial parks can be developed alongside mineral projects to create competitive processing hubs and attract downstream manufacturing investment. 

Chairperson
Mutuso Dhliwayo, Executive Director - Zimbabwe Environmental Law Organisation (ZELO)
Speakers
Molebogeng Mazibuko, Associate Vice President and Mining Lead - Africa Finance Corporation (AFC)
Abel Manumbu, Founder and Managing Director - UR Energy Limited (UR Xenergi Limited Tanzania)
Shirley Webber, Head of Mining - ABSA Bank
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