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Industrial Sovereignty and Global Compliance: Rethinking Africa’s Mining Future
Across Africa, the conversation around mining is shifting. Countries want more than extraction — they want industrial sovereignty, value creation at home, and stronger governance over their mineral wealth. At the same time, the global landscape is tightening: new ESG requirements, due-diligence laws, and compliance standards from the EU, US, and OECD are reshaping how minerals must be produced, traced, and transformed.
In this episode, we sit with two exceptional voices to unpack this delicate balance:
• Lucie Dzongang — Business lawyer, member of the New York, Paris and Cameroon Bars, and expert in ESG, compliance, and governance.
• Dr. Armand Ngansop — Metallurgical engineer and founder of CTID Consulting, advising African governments and private companies on local content, industrialization, and mineral value addition.
Together, we explore:
Can Africa build local processing and industrial capacity while meeting increasingly strict global compliance rules?
What does “responsible industrial sovereignty” look like in today’s geopolitical context?
How can governments design policies that encourage local value creation without discouraging investment?
What lessons can be drawn from other African countries that have begun modernizing and securing their mineral value chains?
And how can the continent reconcile ambition, competitiveness, and global expectations?
This is a deep, honest, and forward-looking conversation about the future of Africa’s mining sector — where local aspirations meet global constraints, and where governance becomes as strategic as geology.
Welcome to Beyond the Mine — the podcast that gives a voice to the thinkers, doers, and shapers of Africa’s mining future.
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This episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/uzo02gLQjvM
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The DRC Mining industry 2025 report: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7380221664636116993/?actorCompanyId=10577467
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