The Investing in African Mining Indaba 2025 runs from 3–6 February 2025, at the Cape Town International Conference Centre (CTICC 1 & 2). The event remains the most comprehensive platform for mining investment, finance and innovation in Africa.
The Indaba has been the premier platform for deal-making, investment, and corporate networking for African mining for over 30 years – and has announced that the 2025 agenda will emphasise the voices of indigenous people and communities in the mainstream of the conference.
The new focus for next year’s event – Investing In Mining Indaba 2025 – reinforces the Mining Indaba commitment to future-proofing African communities, by foregrounding the experiences of those directly affected by mining.
“The meaningful integration and collaboration with mining communities and indigenous people are essential to shaping the future of mining. Those living closest to mining projects are vitally important stakeholders, and essential partners in building a sustainable, equitable mining industry. This year, for the first time at Mining Indaba, we will see representatives of mining communities and indigenous groups taking part in key sessions right across the four-day event, providing their own perspectives on main event themes.” - ” Laura Nicholson (Head of Content & Strategic Partnerships for Mining Indaba)
While the interests of mining communities and indigenous groups intersect, the two groups do have distinct characteristics. Indigenous people have historical and ancestral connections to the land they live on. They have an inherent, pre-existing tie to the land. Mining communities are formed as a result of the mining activity, and are made up of people who work and live on and around the mine, this could include migrant labourers and people who move to the area to find opportunities around the mine.
As an industry-leading event, Mining Indaba 2025 will build meaningful community engagement between organisers, strategic stakeholders and mining community representatives, facilitating constructive dialogue and problem-solving around community-related issues.
“We’re excited to be integrating indigenous people and mining communities directly into the main programme of Mining Indaba 2025. As major stakeholders, they have a massive role to play in shaping the mining ecosystem, its infrastructure and its relationships, They’re also key to future-proofing the sector as a whole.” - Laura Nicholson
Mining Indaba draws a high-caliber audience, with 92% of attendees holding senior-level positions. This includes 25% directors, 25% managers, 22% general managers, and 20% C-level executives or owners. Sponsors and exhibitors at Mining Indaba have exclusive opportunities to network with influential decision-makers and top executives in the mining industry.
Ian Sanders, Global Sector Leader for Mining & Metals at Deloitte Global, discusses the value of attending the Mining Indaba event.
Source: African Mining News, Mining Indaba
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