
In this episode, TDi's CEO Assheton Stewart Carter talks to three representatives from different parts of the mining industry, who will all be speaking at the 2025 Mining Indaba in Cape Town, on maximising Africa's critical mineral endowment.
The panelists are:
Gareth Walsh | Director – Climate and Energy Advisory, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change
Dr Theophilus Archeampong | Visiting Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR)
George Bennett | CEO, Rainbow Rare Earths
The speakers discuss how African countries can be positioned as a partner of choice in the energy transition and what needs to be done to ensure Africa becomes a global minerals leader and future-proof its mining industry.

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