CAMRED III, Congress of Africa's Mineral Resources Development, 5 to 7 October 2026, Cairo, Egypt
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5–7 October 2026 · Hilton Cairo Grand Nile · Cairo, Egypt

Africa’s Wealth for Africa

The Third Congress of Africa’s Mineral Resources Development brings African ministers, investors, mining companies and industry to Cairo for three days of high-level dialogue, B2B and B2G matchmaking, and deals. From dialogue to deals. From commitments to implementation.

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Mineral wealth to African value chains to industrialization to jobs to prosperity

10

High-level panels

3

Days in Cairo

B2B

& B2G matchmaking

AfBC

MADI · supported by OSF

CAMRED III save the date poster, 5-7 October 2026, Hilton Cairo Grand Nile, Cairo, Egypt

Speakers

Who you will hear from in Cairo

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H.E. Mrs. Francisca Tatchouop BelobeH.E. Mrs. Francisca Tatchouop BelobeAfrican Union CommissionH.E. Dr Amany AsfourH.E. Dr Amany AsfourAfrica Business CouncilHon. Mohamed Abou El EneinHon. Mohamed Abou El EneinCleopatra GroupDeprose MuchenaDeprose MuchenaOpen Society FoundationsMahmood Ahmadu, OON, MIoDMahmood Ahmadu, OON, MIoDMAG GroupDr Agostinho KapaiaDr Agostinho KapaiaOPAIA GroupDr M'Zee Fula NgengeDr M’Zée Fula NgengeAfrican Diamond CouncilAmbassador Bridgette MotsepeAmbassador Bridgette MotsepeMmakau MiningEng. Hoda MansourEng. Hoda MansourAngloGold Ashanti EgyptEngr. Shuaibu Kabir BelloEngr. Shuaibu Kabir Bello3M-NIMMME, NigeriaDr Marian KaldasDr Marian KaldasEgyptian Parliament

Participating organisations

The institutions in the room

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South African Mining Development AssociationSouth AfricaAfrican Diamond CouncilContinental
Ambia EmeraldGemstonesEmerald Production WatchGemstonesEmerald and Semi Precious Miners AssociationZambiaSACECITrade and cooperationAssociation of the Mozambican Women in MiningMozambiqueAdrionNetBusiness and professional women

About CAMRED

Africa holds the resources. The value has to stay in Africa.

About 30% of the world’s mineral reserves lie in Africa, and minerals account for roughly 70% of total African exports. Yet most of that wealth still leaves the continent as raw material, and the jobs, industry and tax revenue it creates are built somewhere else.

The Congress of Africa’s Mineral Resources Development exists to change that. CAMRED is a continental platform connecting governments, the African Union, the private sector, financial institutions, development partners, technology leaders, women and youth, and artisanal and small-scale miners around a single objective: converting Africa’s mineral endowment into sustainable African value, industry and prosperity.

CAMRED III is the third edition, and it is deliberately built to end in commitments rather than communiqués: bankable projects put in front of investors, ministers and companies in the same room, and a continental roadmap carried forward as the Cairo Call for Value, Jobs and Prosperity.

Congress theme

Fostering Mineral Development, Local Content and Value Addition to realize Africa’s Agenda 2063, the SDGs and the Africa Mining Vision.

USD 30 billion

a year in government revenue that Africa’s extractive resources could contribute over the next two decades, on AfDB estimates.

28%

of African GDP already comes from minerals, before any beneficiation.

What CAMRED works toward

Seven strategic priorities shape the programme, the panels and the partnerships CAMRED III sets out to build.

  • Critical and green minerals, and Africa’s energy transition
  • Beneficiation, processing, manufacturing and industrialization
  • Local content, African enterprises and regional value chains
  • Investment, finance, infrastructure and bankable projects
  • Technology, digitalization, geological intelligence and smart mining
  • Responsible mining, women, youth and artisanal and small-scale mining
  • Africa Mining Vision implementation, AfCFTA integration and a continental roadmap

Read the full objectives · More about CAMRED

Who CAMRED III is for

CAMRED III is a professional congress for the African mineral sector, convening decision-makers from across the value chain.

Governments & regulators

Ministries of mines, energy and industry, regulatory bodies, regional economic communities.

Mining & exploration

Major and mid-tier miners, juniors, explorers, processing and beneficiation operators.

Investors & finance

Development finance institutions, private equity, investment banks, impact and project finance.

Suppliers & technology

Equipment, logistics, engineering, digitalization, geological intelligence and smart mining.

African SMEs & local content

Chambers of commerce and mines, investment promotion agencies, African enterprises in the value chain.

Women, youth & ASM

Women and youth in mining associations, artisanal and small-scale mining organisations and cooperatives.

The programme

Ten high-level panels across three days, opening with a ministerial dialogue and closing with the Cairo Call for Value, Jobs and Prosperity. Programme subject to confirmation with speakers and partners.

Day 1 · Mon 5 October

Continental leadership, critical minerals, private sector, technology

  • High-Level Ministerial Opening Dialogue: From Africa’s Mineral Wealth to African Prosperity
  • Africa’s Critical Minerals Moment: From Stakeholder Action to African Industrial Power
  • Unlocking Africa’s Private Sector: Local Content, Value Addition and African Champions
  • Technology, Innovation and the Future African Mine: AI, Digitalization and Smart Mining

Day 2 · Tue 6 October

Inclusive value chains, energy transition, policy, investment

  • From Mines to Markets: Empowering Artisanal Miners, Women and Youth
  • Critical Minerals for Africa’s Energy Future: Building Green Mineral Value Chains
  • Africa Mining Vision to Action: Harmonizing Policy, Legal and Regulatory Frameworks
  • From Promotion to Production: Chambers, Investment Agencies and the Private Sector
  • Lunch, networking and B2B matchmaking

Day 3 · Wed 7 October

Finance, infrastructure, AfCFTA, energy, implementation

  • Financing Africa’s Mineral Transformation: From Mineral Potential to Bankable Projects
  • Building an Integrated African Minerals Market: AfCFTA, Infrastructure and Corridors
  • Energy for Mining, Mining for Energy: Africa’s Just Mineral–Energy Transition
  • The Cairo Call for Value, Jobs and Prosperity

From dialogue to deals

What CAMRED III is built to produce.

  • Priority recommendations for an African roadmap on mineral development, critical minerals, local content and value addition
  • Investment opportunities and bankable projects advanced with investors, governments and the private sector
  • Business deals, B2B and B2G matchmaking, joint ventures and strategic partnerships
  • Stronger regional value chains linking mineral production with African processing, manufacturing, infrastructure and energy
  • Action-oriented commitments supporting the AMV, Agenda 2063, the SDGs and AfCFTA
  • Greater participation of African SMEs, women, youth and artisanal miners in formal value chains

Join us in Cairo

Delegate registration, accommodation at the congress rate, exhibition space and visa support letters are all handled in the delegate portal. Early bird rates close on 20 September 2026.

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Organised by the Africa Business Council (Minerals Resources Development Cluster) and the Minerals Africa Development Institution (MADI), with the African Union Commission (ETTIM) and UNIDO as invited collaborators, and support from the Open Society Foundations.

Congress Secretariat: Ms. Soha Abu Shakra · camred@camred.org · WhatsApp +20 127 208 6668

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Get the full programme and delegate information by email. The Secretariat will follow up directly, including on delegation rates, exhibition and visa support.