Cape Town, South Africa – 2 October 2025
The Africa Minerals Strategy Group (AMSG) convened a high-level Ministerial Roundtable at the inaugural African Mining Week (AMW) 2025, uniting Ministers, Permanent Secretaries, sovereign fund leaders, and CEOs in a decisive forum focused on converting political consensus into operational commitments.
Held under the session title “Securing Africa’s Mineral Future: Strategy, Unity, Action,” the dialogue aligned with AMW’s overarching theme – “From Extraction to Beneficiation: Unlocking Africa’s Mineral Wealth.”
In his opening framing, AMSG Secretary-General H.E. Moses Micheal Engadu declared:
This is not a symbolic gathering; it is a crucible for binding commitments. Wisdom does not come overnight, but responsibility does – and the decisions we take in these two hours will echo for decades.
– H.E Moses Micheal Engadu, AMSG Secretary-General
Candid Assessment: From Fragmentation to Continental Coordination
The Secretary-General underscored the current landscape:
Some African nations have begun advancing beneficiation and value addition,
Yet efforts remain fragmented,
Financing is often externally conditioned,
Technology transfer is incomplete, and
Division continues to weaken Africa’s bargaining power.
H.E Engadu stressed that structural solutions – not episodic interventions – are required, calling for regional value chains, transparent mineral diplomacy, African-led financing, critical minerals security, and digital sovereignty as the new foundation.
Five Strategic Pillars for Collective Action
The Roundtable was organised around five concrete pillars, tabled by AMSG as the roadmap for continental alignment:
Regional Processing Hubs & Cluster Development
Transparent Mineral Diplomacy Pact (shared licensing, royalties, offtake standards)
African Capital Mobilisation through Sovereign Funds and Blended Finance
Critical Minerals Security Strategy – prioritising key minerals for coordinated protection and processing
Digital Traceability & Tokenized Finance via Madini Blockchain Platform and the Africa Mineral Token (AMT)
In the old days, Africa’s wealth left as stones; in the new days, it must stay as stories written in gold and code. – H.E Moses Micheal Engadu, AMSG Secretary-General
Structured Dialogue, Clear Deliverables
Speaking priority was granted to Ministers, Permanent Secretaries, Senior Officials and CEOs, followed by strategic partner responses focused on financing structures, risk mitigation frameworks, and technology integration.
Each delegation was asked to table five specific commitments:
Contribution to a regional beneficiation hub
Adoption in principle of an AMSG Mineral Diplomacy Pact
Intention to participate in or co-create an African Minerals Fund
Identification of priority minerals for coordinated protection and export alignment
Integration with Madini for traceability and selection of one pilot asset for AMT financing
A Vision of Shared Prosperity
Closing the session, the Secretary-General painted the future now within reach:
Picture this: a miner in Congo, a refinery in Namibia, an investor in Lagos – linked through Madini and AMT, raising capital transparently, creating skilled jobs locally, and selling to the world with African leverage.
This is how we unlock Africa’s mineral wealth – not as a story of extraction, but as a future of beneficiation, sovereignty, and shared prosperity.
