The recent fusion of African Mining Week with the International Commodity Summit ripples through the local industry and all the way to Geneva, as a strategic consolidation of market influence across the extractive and trading value chain in Africa.
What this may mean for the years to come is yet to be determined as the two forces collide, and dialogues merge between the world of commodities and the world of raw material extraction.
Inside information reveals that the National Marketing Agency of South Africa, Brand South Africa, plans to establish South Africa’s dominance in global commodity supply chains. This consolidation seems to amplify the voice of South Africa, as these industries unite to combat international control.
“South Africa will become a self-sustaining nation in the next 10 years. We will make the decisions. The decisions don’t need to come from abroad,” says Hibarri CEO, Anje Kruger.