TWN-Africa to host international consultation on Energy Transition and Critical Minerals in Accra  

A four-day international consultation on “Energy Transition, Critical Minerals and Structural Economic Transformation in Africa” will open in Accra from December 1 to 4, 2025.  

The meeting, organised by Third World Network-Africa (TWN-Africa), Southern Africa Resource Watch (SARW) and Friends of Lake Turkana (FoLT), seeks to develop an African-specific narrative and policy agenda on critical minerals and the transformation of Africa’s raw material export-dependent economies.  

The consultation will bring together experts from leading policy institutions such as the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), African Development Bank (AfDB), Africa Minerals Development Centre (AMDC), civil society organisations, governments, trade unions, community groups and farmers’ associations.  

Participants from Asia and Latin America will also join to share experiences from their regions.  

According to the organisers, the first part of the meeting, scheduled for December 1-3, will focus on strategic questions and policy options for Africa’s energy transition and critical minerals sector.   

It will produce proposals for action through research, policy dialogue, advocacy and community mobilisation.  

The second part, on December 3-4, will involve 15 key civil society organisations to establish a core working group to advance the consultation’s conclusions and promote a shared framework on critical minerals and Africa’s economic transformation.  

The event comes in the wake of the adoption of the African Green Minerals Strategy (AGMS) by African governments earlier this year. The AGMS, developed under the auspices of the African Union, provides a roadmap for harnessing Africa’s vast reserves of green minerals—such as lithium, cobalt, nickel and rare earth elements—to drive sustainable industrialisation, energy security and inclusive growth.   

It seeks to move the continent beyond raw mineral exports by promoting local beneficiation, integrated value chains, job creation and economic diversification.   

The strategy is anchored on four pillars: advancing mineral development, building technological capabilities, developing key value chains, and promoting responsible mineral stewardship for environmental sustainability.  

Topics to be discussed include: “Energy Transition and Critical Minerals: Evolution of Ideas and Initiatives,” “Africa’s Prospects with Critical Minerals,” and “Bilateral Agreements and Africa’s Future: EU, China, US.”  

Speakers will include representatives from UNCTAD, UNU-INRA, the African Union, AfDB, academics and civil society leaders.  

Source: GNA   

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