African Mining Week 2025 to Showcase Strategies Strengthening Continent's Economic Growth and Industrialization Agenda

The African Mining Week (AMW) 2025, Africa's premier gathering for mining stakeholders, will take place in Cape Town from October 1-3, 2025, featuring representatives from top gold-producing countries and companies. These stakeholders, accounting for the majority of Africa's gold output, will showcase strategies, policies, and projects strengthening the continent's economic growth, industrialization agenda, and position in the global market.

Key Takeaways:

• Ghana, Africa's largest gold producer, will be represented by Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, in the Ministerial Forum, where he will highlight policies transforming gold extraction, beneficiation, and investment attraction anchored by the ministry's six-pillar strategy.
• Ghana's gold output reached 130 tons in 2024, with exports rising 53.2% to $11.64 billion, making it the world's sixth-largest gold producer.
• Mali, Africa's second-largest gold producer, recorded output of 67.7 tons in 2024, and will be represented by the Chamber of Mines of Mali in the Gold Economy: Value, Processing, and Global Market Positioning panel to showcase investment opportunities.
• South Africa, one of the continent's most established gold producers, will be represented by Thabiso Sekano, Head of Mining and Metals at the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC), who will discuss IDC's strategy to revitalize South Africa's mining sector and unlock new opportunities in gold production.
• Zimbabwe, Africa's eighth-largest gold producer, will be represented by Winston Chitando, Minister of Mines and Mining Development, who will participate in the Ministerial Forum to emphasize investment prospects within Zimbabwe's gold value chain.
• Namibia will be represented by B2Gold Namibia, which will participate in discussions on the future of gold mining in Africa, with John Ross, Country Manager, presenting expansion strategies for the company's operations.
• Emerging producers, including Nigeria, Egypt, and Uganda, will showcase measures adopted to unlock large-scale gold production.

Statistics:

• Ghana's gold output in 2024 was 130 tons.
• Ghana's gold exports in 2024 rose 53.2% to $11.64 billion.
• Mali's gold output in 2024 was 67.7 tons.
• South Africa is one of Africa's most established gold producers.
• Zimbabwe is Africa's eighth-largest gold producer.

Sources:

• APO Group
• Energy Capital & Power
• African Mining Week (AMW) 2025