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Vis Reddy
CHAIRMAN, SOUTH AFRICA & REGIONAL COORDINATOR (AFRICA), SRK GLOBAL
"We have learnt a lot about working with Chinese companies, who often preferred to work with contractors back home. We responded by working closely with the SRK Beijing office and creating a multi-country team involving South Africa, DRC and China – which has opened many doors."
Oscar van Antwerpen
FOUNDER AND CEO, MINROM CONSULTING
"Africa has become the focal point in a tug-of-war over REE, battery minerals, and other critical minerals like copper, zinc and lead, creating opportunities for the continent to leverage its underground wealth."
Omar Farouk Ibrahim
SECRETARY GENERAL, AFRICAN PETROLEUM PRODUCERS' ORGANIZATION (APPO)
"By developing intra-African energy infrastructure, we can reduce costs, improve energy access, and encourage local refining and petrochemical industries."
Kris Jedrzejczyk
MANAGING DIRECTOR, BLU ROCK
"Over the past year, we have invested in new equipment and specialized terrain vehicles to improve our productivity and capacity, and have also ordered new drill rigs."
Axel Chasme
REGIONAL MANAGER (WEST AFRICA), LIUGONG MACHINERY
"LiuGong is also a leader in battery electric vehicles, with the largest fleet in this segment. China leads the trends in this segment."
Mark Bristow
CEO, BARRICK GOLD
"We plan to double our copper production by the end of the decade. There remains significant upside potential in the gold industry, and the copper operations are strategic and additive to that."
Omar Farouk Ibrahim
SECRETARY GENERAL, AFRICAN PETROLEUM PRODUCERS' ORGANIZATION (APPO)
"To us, energy poverty poses a more immediate existential challenge than climate change."
Alassane Sorgo
GENERAL MANAGER, ECOBANK DRC
"Our aim is to consolidate and establish collaborations with mining companies and their value chain."
Patrick Bondonga
CO-FOUNDER AND LAWYER, OVK LAWFIRM
"We are proud to be preparing the Congolese mining lawyers and businessmen of tomorrow."
Gary Teichmann
EXECUTIVE, THE TEICHMANN GROUP
"The Teichmann Group comprises of companies with expertise in multi-disciplined construction services, mining and agriculture solutions across Southern, Central and West Africa."
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