HUNDREDS of delegates in the country’s mining sectors are today expected to converge in Harare for the two-day Mining and Infrastructure Indaba.
By Business Reporter
Newly appointed Mines and Mining Development minister, Walter Chidhakwa is expected to officially open the Indaba being held under the theme: Redefining Africa: Harnessing Our Resources Collectively.
According to the official figures, the mining sector has been one of the most critical drivers of economic growth in the last three years, contributing more than 60% of total exports.
The mining indaba organised by Utho Group, would provide participants with the opportunity to discuss pertinent issues affecting the sector.
Topics under discussion at the event include the new faces in the African mining sector; strategies to build new mining entrants such as junior miners, women and artisanal miners, strategies to extract maximum value from natural resources and creating a conducive environment for mining.
Strategies for leveraging minerals for indigenous African development, funding and financing challenges for mining, how to build sustainable communities in mining centres to prevent incidents such as Marikana would also be tackled.
Keynote speakers include the Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe president Alex Mhembere, the consultant who drafted Zimbabwe’s new mining policy Paul Jourdan, Sadc, head of PPPs Networking Kogan Pillay, chief economist at the IDC Lumkile Mondi, and Black Business Council of South Africa president Xolani Qubeka, among many others.
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Meanwhile, the inaugural conference on Agro-Business, Food and Nutrition Security begins tomorrow under the theme: Leveraging Agricultural Opportunities for Economic Growth.
Guests at the event will include Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development minister Joseph Made and Vice-President Joice Mujuru.
Bankers’ Association of Zimbabwe president George Guvamatanga will present a paper on the role of the financial services sector including mobile banking in the revival of agriculture in Zimbabwe and Zimbabwe Investment Authority chairperson Nigel Chanakira on the role of the organisation in promoting investment in agriculture, among many others.
