Dr Guy Kioni is invited to Menas Associates Webinar
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Date: Wednesday 10 December | Location: Online Webinar | Time: 14:00 – 15:00 (UTC)
CONGO DRC AND THE GLOBAL RACE FOR CRITICAL MINERALS
Critical minerals are the foundation of modern energy systems, defence technologies, and digital infrastructure. Yet the accelerating global demand for these resources is reshaping, not only markets, but also communities, ecosystems, and regional stability. Congo DRC – endowed with some of the world’s largest and richest mineral reserves – has become both a strategic asset and a geopolitical fault line.
The webinar will analyse how regional cooperation, responsible investment, and innovation can transform the DRC’s minerals into a force for stability rather than division. It will discuss the impact of mining on local communities, the environment, and climate resilience, as well as the role of education and skills development in ensuring that the country’s young population benefits from this new industrial age.
By linking supply chain resilience with human development, it will outline how the DRC and its partners can build a sustainable, secure, and equitable mineral future.
The webinar will cover:
The DRC’s Strategic Role
Global Competition and Cooperation
Regional Cooperation in Africa
Energy requirement
Security and Supply Chain Risks
Industrialisation and sustainable Local Value Creation
Technology and Transparency
Pathways Forward
Speaker
Dr Guy Kioni is a recognised geoeconomic strategist, known for his ability to build bridges between business, technology, and economic diplomacy. As CEO of the London-based Missang consultancy firm, he specialises in critical mineral supply chains, economic diplomacy, organisational and digital transformation, and sustainable development. He connects Africa’s resource potential with global industrial demand by fostering high-impact public–private partnerships.
He is a Crirical Mineral Fellow of the Critical Mineral Initiative at Middle East and North Africa Forum (MENAF). In addition, he also serves on the Advisory Board of Buenassa SA which is a Congolese company behind one of the first copper and cobalt refinery in the country.
Dr Kioni has a BSc in Business Information Systems from De Montfort University, a Diploma in Blockchain for Business from the University of Oxford, and an Honorary Doctorate in Business from the University of Bolton. He has lived in Belgium, the DRC, Zimbabwe, and the UK.
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