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P1344 Pan-African Decarbonisation Institute (PADI)

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Be part of the leading development of Pan-African minerals sector talent and skills that can harness the decarbonisation opportunity

Vision

A self-sustaining pipeline of Pan-African research, operational, and technical leadership, talent, and skills in minerals decarbonisation from resource management through to product development and delivery

Mission

To create a virtual Pan-African institute of complementary and supplementary research, development and training that collaborates, connects, co-ordinates to co-create a pipeline of talented Africans that position Africa as a leading player in the decarbonisation value chain, and that transforms Africa’s energy sector by leveraging Africa’s new energy material resources and Africa’s research, development and training capability.

Overview

As the world seeks to meet decarbonise goals, demand for energy resources and products is forecast to increase 10-fold by 2030. Africa is blessed with abundant new energy resources (e.g. copper, cobalt, Rare Earth Elements (REEs) and graphite) that are critical all decarbonisation efforts. Beyond the resources there is the allied demand for talent and skills to harness the opportunity and to deliver to the scientific and engineering challenges and the leadership and community engagement required across the mine value chain and into the product development.

The world is short of skilled talent

The Pan-African Decarbonisation Institute will provide leadership for Africa to participate meaningfully in the decarbonisation value chain. It will contribute industry focused research to the development of the whole value chain, transforming energy systems and sectors globally, and ensure economic return is maximised for Africa’s new energy resources.

The Institute will connect world class research capability with African industry needs to build knowledge, and develop processes and decarbonisation applications using Africa’s resources.

Value Proposition

The Pan-African Decabonisation Institute will:

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Associated Researcher

University of Mines and Technology


Prof. Grace Ofori-Sarpong

Professor of Minerals Engineering, and currently the Dean of School of Postgraduate Studies

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology


Prof. Emeritus Francis Momade

Professor of Inorganic Materials and a Professor Emeritus at the Department of Materials Engineering

University of Cape Town


Prof. Jennifer Broadhurst

Deputy Director Minerals to Metals Research

Prof. Jochen Petersen

Director of Minerals to Metal Initiative, Director Hydrometallurgy Research Group

University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg


Prof. Glen Nwaila

Director of the Wits Mining Institute

African Union


Council for Scientific and Industrial Research – Ghana


Reminex Managem


Dr. Intissar Benzakour

Scientific director and director of sustainable development within the base metals and cobalt branch

African Centre of Excellence for Batteries (ACEB)


Prof. Jean Marie Kanda Ntumba

Dean of the Polytechnic faculty of the University of Lubumbashi

Prof Tumba Kaniki Armel

Professor at the University of Lubumbashi

Mopani Copper Mines PLC


University of Ghana


Dr. Prince Ofori Amponsah

lecturer at the Department of Earth Science

University of Zambia


Prof. Stephen Simukanga

Director General of the Higher Education Authority

Dr. Jewette Masinja

Senior lecturer in Mineral processing

Copperbelt, University Zambia


Prof John Siame

Dean-School of Mines and Mineral Sciences