Giga Africa 2026

Andrew Miller

CEO

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Caspar Rawles

Chief Operating Officer

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Adam Panayi

Chief Research Officer

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Peter Yang

CEO

BTR Morocco

Leon Godza

Chief Director

Ministry of Mines of Zimbabwe

Siham Aroua

Regional Director

Department of Energy Transition, Morocco

Eric Kalala

CEO

Entreprise Générale du Cobalt (EGC)

Zagouri Sanaâ

Brand Director

DENZA Maroc

Anne Birkner

Head of Business Development African Markets

Volkswagen Group Africa

Leila Sabri Zemmahi

Head of Propulsion Systems Africa

Stellantis

Henry Van

Head of Industrial Metal Analysis

Trafigura

Eddy Kioni

CEO

Buenassa

Ali Seddiki

CEO

AMDIE

Franklin Edochie

Deputy Director & Head, Metals & Mining

Africa Finance Corporation

Alawi Swabury

CEO

Africa Battery Initiative (ABI)

Widad Whitman

Head of Supply Chain Security for the Office of Critical Minerals, Materials, and Manufacturing

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

Ciani Smith

Director - Structured and Project Finance

U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)

Hannah Williams

Director of Trade and Investment - Africa

UK Department for Business and Trade

Kossi Toulassi

Head of Industrialization Trade, Markets and Economic Analysis

African Union Development Agency-NEPAD

Christophe Yvetot

Representative to the European Union, the European Investment Bank, OACPS, Belgium and Luxembourg

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

Jean-Marie Kanda

Member of the Board of Congolese National Battery Council and Presidential Advisor

Museta Daka Mbulwe

Acting Senior Energy Officer

Department of Energy, Ministry of Energy Zambia

Karim Dahou

Deputy Director & Head of China Unit, Global Relations and Cooperation Directorate

OECD

Anass Joundy

Associate Director

EBRD

Deshan Naidoo

Founder and MD

Afrivolt

Khalid Hammouch

SVP Business Development

Managem

Bill Williams

Global Director of Business Development

BAC

David Dickson

CEO

Lake Resources

Matthieu Bos

President & CEO

Falcon Energy Materials

Elisabetta Sartorel

Policy Officer

European Commission - DG INTPA

Mkhululi Ncube

Program Management Officer

African Minerals Development Centre (AMDC)

Inga Petersen

Executive Director

Global Battery Alliance

Mike Ralston

Chief Executive Officer

Blencowe Resources

Maxime Francois

Regional General Manager - Africa & Middle East Company

Alfred H Knight

Intissar Benzakour

Scientific Director

Managem

Mervyn Stevens

Vice President - Battery Mineral & Materials

Worley

Adam Webb

Head of Battery Raw Materials

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Shruti Kashyap

Product Director - Graphite & Battery Chemicals

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Senior Representative

Tinci