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EITI at the African Mining Indaba 2026
The EITI will participate in the 2026 African Mining Indaba in Cape Town, South Africa, from 9 to 12 February.
Registration: Register here
Language: English
Mining Indaba is the world's largest gathering of mining stakeholders and decision-makers held annually in Cape Town, South Africa. The EITI will take part in various panels throughout the week. See the full agenda here.
EITI engagements at Mining Indaba
Day 2
Только по приглашению
12:00–13:30
организованное
EITI, UNCTAD, OECD and UNECA
EITI, UNCTAD, OECD and UNECA are co-hosting a closed-door roundtable discussion with key partners, regional stakeholders and national actors. The session will provide a platform in support of the newly formed UN Task Force on Critical Energy Transition Minerals, with a focus on the implementation of the UN’s actionable recommendations on transparency and traceability as well as value addition and economic diversification. The roundtable is a follow-up to a similar session held at Mining Indaba in 2025.
15:45–16:30
Parallel session
Guinea holds some of the largest untapped high-grade iron ore reserves in the world, particularly in the Simandou range, a deposit that has long been seen as a game-changer for the global steel industry and for West Africa’s economic future. But unlocking this potential has proven complex, with decades of delays, geopolitical entanglements, infrastructure challenges, and shifting global demand. This session will examine lessons learnt, the power of partnerships, and what lessons can be extrapolated?
15:45–16:30
Parallel session
Despite growing capital interest, infrastructure delivery continues to face execution and trust barriers. This discussion examines how clearer governance frameworks, transparency mechanisms, digital monitoring, and community engagement can reduce risk, strengthen investor confidence, and unlock faster, more reliable project delivery.
Day 3
10:00–10:45
As global portfolios shift, some majors are downsizing or exiting Africa. Is this a worrying trend, or the start of a new order that allows greater African ownership of mineral wealth? What does it mean for investment, competition and technology transfer?
10:40–11:40
This session pressure tests the Consolidated Mining Standard Initiative (CMSI) – led by four partners: the Copper Mark, ICMM, the Mining Association of Canada and the World Gold Council – as it combines their existing standards into a single framework with an assurance process and claims policy shaped by two rounds of public consultation. We’ll examine what this could mean for board level risk, audit burden, market access and cost of capital, and how its governance model formalises balanced oversight from mine site to value chain. Senior voices from industry, civil society and downstream will debate pragmatic adoption pathways in Africa and beyond – including how alignment on claims and site level implementation can unlock permitting confidence, offtake optionality and investor trust.
14:35–15:20
Battery mineral markets are complex and ever changing. In a world where technological advancement can make a mineral no longer needed for a battery and geopolitical volatility can cause nations to rethink the immediate needs of the next energy transition, how can you know what mineral to invest in, and does this pose an existential threat to Africa’s critical minerals market?
Day 4
9:30–10:30
организованное
GIZ, EITI and AfDB
Report launch and panel discussion.
Co-hosted by EITI, GIZ, and AfDB, this panel explores how transparency, as part of broader good governance across the mineral value chain, will contribute to lowering perceived investment risk, and improve project bankability, while strengthening government capacity to mobilise, manage and monitor revenues.
For further information on GIZ's side event day and to register to attend this session visit: https://rue.bmz.de/rue-en/releases/282986-282986
Co-hosted by EITI, GIZ, and AfDB, this panel explores how transparency, as part of broader good governance across the mineral value chain, will contribute to lowering perceived investment risk, and improve project bankability, while strengthening government capacity to mobilise, manage and monitor revenues.
For further information on GIZ's side event day and to register to attend this session visit: https://rue.bmz.de/rue-en/releases/282986-282986
Register here: https://rue.bmz.de/rue-en/events
Только по приглашению
10:45–12:15
организованное
EITI and GIZ
This deep-dive session provides a focused space for outreach countries to articulate their national priorities and explore how EITI candidature and implementation can be aligned with existing reform agendas.
