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Webinar 1 | 23 September 2026
UNLOCKING THE DRC’S INDUSTRIAL POTENTIAL: The A-to-Z Masterclass strategy
The DRC has the resources and strategic position to become a global leader in the minerals value chain. This masterclass will examine the opportunities, challenges and collaborative actions required to unlock sustainable economic growth, strengthen competitiveness, and maximize the long-term value of the country's mineral wealth through an integrated and future-focused approach. Experts will define the priority actions, policy interventions, and investment pathways needed to accelerate value addition, enhance industrial growth, and position the DRC as a globally competitive and responsible mining.
10:3011:50
Masterclass
What needs to be done and considered to unlock the DRC potential
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Policies and Regulations
- Moving beyond raw material exports
- Enforcing security
- Leverage strategic minerals
- Controlling its own economic system
- ESG Standards & Responsible Sourcing
Beneficiation
- Promoting localised processing
- Human Capital & Technical Capacity Building
Industrialization
- Balancing global market
- Tailored Financing & Capital Mobilisation
Chairperson
Jonathan Makolo
Country Director, Ovation, DRC
Participants
Edmond Cibamba Diata
Lawyer, Elite Law Firm, DRC
Jonathan Hamisi
Senior Policy Advisor, IGF, Sweden
Guy Kioni
Critical Minerals Fellow at Cambridge MENAF and CEO, Missang, UK
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Webinar 2 | 21st October 2026
THE INFRASTRUCTURE & INDUSTRIALISATION DEVELOPMENT FOCUS
To build a resilient and prosperous economy, the DRC must move beyond raw material extraction and exportation but shift its focus on transforming locally. This process will develop new industries, increase job creation and boost the country’s economy. In this panel, experts will identify the critical role of infrastructure which is accelerating industrialisation across the DRC with a focus on transport, energy, logistics, industrial strategies, current and ongoing projects as key to unlock sustainable economic growth of the sector.
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Panel discussion
Panel discussion: Specs & features
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Discussion Points
- Understanding the DRC’s industrial strategy to capitalise on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)
- The Lobito corridor project now or tomorrow?
- Prioritising development projects: in energy, transportation linkages (roads, railways rehabilitation, maritime infrastructure and ports networks) by utilising mineral revenues.
Case studies
- The banana port (developers: DP World & Mota Engil contractors)
- The Matadi multipurpose terminal (maritime gateway) (The AD Port Group and the DRC Ministry of transport)
- Port of Boma (maritime project)
- Banana-Matadi-Kinshasa railway
- DRC-RSA Industrialization Project (linking South Africa and the DRC and establishing 12 Economic Zones)
11:5012:00
Q&A
Q&A session and end of webinar
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Webinar 3 | 11th November 2026 | New Technologies
THE GLOBAL ENERGY TRANSITION DRIVEN BY TECHNOLOGY
This session focuses on how ESG-aligned investment can unlock local processing and beneficiation in the DRC’s critical minerals sector. As the global demand for critical minerals increases, there is a growing importance for the incorporation of responsible sourcing practices throughout the mining supply chain. Experts will highlight the link between compliance, investor confidence, and how to build a more sustainable and value-driven mining sector.
10:3011:50
Panel discussion
Transforming the DRC’s critical minerals value chain through advanced technology transfer; shifting from raw materials to in-country processing.
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Panel discussion
- Innovation & Technology: The role of Artificial Intelligence (AI), advance technologies and automation in accelerating industrialisation in the country. Where do we start?
- Refining raw materials locally through advanced technology
- Using advanced metallurgical technologies and renewable energy to support in-country industrialisation
- Green Mineral Needs/Upstream: Exploration of the exponential demand for minerals like lithium, cobalt, nickel, and copper required for electric vehicles, battery storage
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Q&A
Q&A session and end of webinar
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Webinar 4 | 25 November 2026 | Strategic Partnerships
BUILDING A STRONGER AND MORE SUSTAINABLE CRITICAL MINERALS VALUE CHAIN THROUGH STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS
The discussion will explore how strategic partnerships between governments, integration system, and how investors can strengthen the critical minerals value chain. With a focus on collaboration models that drive investment, enhance resilience, and support sustainable and inclusive growth across the sector.
10:3011:50
Panel discussion
Panel discussion
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Discussion Points
- Developing a regional integration system to create a sustainable socio-economic benefit for all (what is important for the DRC?)
- Industrialisation via global partnerships: what is beneficial to the DRC?
- Prioritising sectors and alignment with global strategic partners
11:5012:00
Q&A
Q&A session and end of webinar
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