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Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has been announced as chair of the third Africa Minerals Strategy Group (AMSG) High-Level Roundtable on Critical Minerals Development in Africa.
The meeting will be held in Manhattan, New York, on September 21, 2026, with the theme, “From Resources to Wealth: Continental Cooperation for Mineral Value Addition.”
The roundtable will bring together African leaders, ministers, investors, development finance institutions, multilateral organisations and executives from the mining, technology, processing, logistics and mineral traceability sectors.
The meeting comes as critical minerals such as lithium, copper, cobalt, graphite, manganese and rare earth elements become increasingly important to global energy, technology, manufacturing and defence industries.
Africa holds significant reserves of many of these minerals, but much of the continent’s resources have historically been exported with limited local processing and value addition.
AMSG said the New York meeting will focus on turning Africa’s mineral wealth into greater economic value through investment, policy coordination and local processing.
The group said the roundtable will also examine ways to build integrated mineral value chains, attract long-term capital and strengthen cooperation among African countries.
It added that Africa must move from being mainly a supplier of raw minerals to becoming a major player in the global mineral economy.
The meeting will include representatives from AMSG member states, multilateral institutions and development finance institutions, including the Africa Finance Corporation, as well as global mining, technology, traceability and logistics companies.
AMSG said the gathering will also advance the Mutual Assured Development (MADE) Framework, launched at the African Natural Resources and Energy Investment Summit (AFNIS 2026) in Abuja.
A major highlight will be the unveiling of the Continental Integration and Economic Assurance Declaration (CIEAD), which is expected to provide a framework for cooperation on critical minerals.
The proposed framework will cover policy coordination, investment mobilisation, mineral value addition and supply-chain security.
AMSG also plans to introduce the CIEAD Finance Window, designed to support financing for mineral processing, infrastructure, technology and other components of Africa’s mineral value chains.
AMSG leadership will convene the roundtable, including Minister of Solid Minerals Development and Chairperson of the AMSG Ministerial Steering Committee, Dele Alake, and AMSG Secretary-General Moses Michael Engadu.
AMSG said Africa’s mineral resources could help drive manufacturing, technology transfer, infrastructure development, regional trade and job creation.
“The Roundtable will therefore examine practical pathways for African countries to develop integrated and competitive mineral value chains, strengthen intra-African cooperation and attract long-term investment into processing, refining, manufacturing and related infrastructure,” the group said.
