Check out our next upcoming event
Strategic Insights for 2026: Price Trends, Market Balance and Policy Updates
Thursday 22nd January, 2026
Online
Giga Africa
Monday 22nd September, 2025
18:00 - 20:00
Networking Reception
Networking reception in the Archino
Tuesday 23rd September, 2025
07:30 - 08:50
Networking Breakfast
08:50 - 09:05
Benchmark Opening Keynote
- Andrew Miller, Chief Executive Officer, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
09:05 - 09:25
Positioning Morocco as a Strategic Hub for Critical Minerals and Battery Materials
- Imad Toumi, Chairman, Managem
- Andrew Miller, Chief Executive Officer, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
09:25 - 10:05
Panel Discussion: Global Diversification of Battery Supply Chains – Africa’s Role in the Shift
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How geopolitical tensions, trade restrictions, and sustainability concerns are reshaping supply chains
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Africa’s increasing role in raw materials, midstream processing, and battery production
- Peter Yang, CEO, BTR Morocco
- Roger Atkins, Founder, Electric Vehicles
- Khalid Qalam, Chairman of the Board, Gotion Power Morocco
- Abdessadek Ait Si Brahim, Co-founder and COO, Voltaire Minerals
10:05 - 10:35
From Blueprint to Breakthrough: Scaling Successful EV Battery Infrastructure
- Andrew Miller, Chief Executive Officer, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
- Evan Horetsky, Founder and CEO, Atlas partners
10:35 - 10:55
Keynote Presentation: The Refining & Processing Revolution in North Africa
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Scaling midstream processing capabilities to strengthen global supply chains
- Adam Panayi, Chief Research Officer, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
- JianJun Deng, General Manager of the Basic Material BU, TINCI Materials
10:55 - 11:15
Networking Break
11:15 - 11:30
Building Bridges: Morocco’s Role in the Global Battery Supply Chain
How the global battery supply chain is shifting from global to regional models, creating new opportunities for Morocco as a strategic hub
- Roger Atkins, Founder, Electric Vehicles
- Jay Yang, Vice President of CNGR Advanced Material & Chairman and CEO of Cocbo, COBCO
11:30 - 12:25
Panel Discussion: Scaling Up Gigafactories in EMEA
- Opportunities to attract large-scale battery production and automotive investment
- Idriss Alami, Managing Partner, ALEXEC Consulting
- Luc Geysen, Global Director Battery Business, PSA BDP
- Will Roberts, Automotive Research Lead, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
- Abdelghani ElKacimi, Chief Technology Officer, INNOVX
12:25 - 13:25
Networking Lunch
13:35 - 13:50
BTR Keynote Presentation
- Peter Yang, CEO, BTR Morocco
13:50 - 14:05
Syrah Resources Keynote Presentation
- Shaun Verner, Managing Director and CEO, Syrah Resources
14:05 - 14:40
Panel Discussion: Africa’s Evolving Role in Raw Materials
- What the supply chain realignment means for Africa’s role—from raw material supply to downstream partnerships with OEMs and cell manufacturers
- Matthieu Bos, President and Chief Executive Officer, Falcon Energy Materials
- Quentin Lamarche, CEO, TechMet SCM
- Shruti Kashyap, Product Director - Anode, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
- Shaun Verner, Managing Director and CEO, Syrah Resources
- Ciprian Gabel, International Business Director -(EMEA) Electrolytes Division, TINCI Materials
14:40 - 15:00
Unlocking Morocco’s Potential
- Ryad Mezzour, Minister of Industry and Trade, Kingdom of Morocco
- Caspar Rawles, Chief Operating Officer, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
15:00 - 15:20
Keynote Presentation: Lucid’s Vision for the EV Market and Battery Technologies
- Faisal Sultan, President - Middle East, Lucid Motors
- Roger Atkins, Founder, Electric Vehicles
15:20 - 15:55
Panel Discussion: Financing the Supply Chain – The Role of Private Capital & Public Policy
- Challenges and opportunities to invest in battery and raw material projects in Africa
- How to derisk and facilitate access to funding for battery and raw materials projects in Africa
- How to improve the nexus between private capital and policy to develop local critical mineral and battery value chains in Africa
- Pierre Georget, Director, Batteries, Mining and Industries EMEA, Societe Generale
- Anass Joundy, Associate Director, EBRD
- Bryan Bille, Policy & Geopolitical Principal, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
- Vincent Veron, Managing Director, BNP Paribas
- Ciani Smith, Director, Office of Infrastructure, U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)
15:55 - 16:15
Networking Break
16:15 - 16:50
Panel Discussion: Building Better Batteries: Integrating Raw Materials and Manufacturing
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Understanding critical mineral pricing dynamics and the need to promote market diversification and integration to ensure supply chain resilience
- Rob Williamson, Managing Director, Alpha HPA
- Roger Atkins, Founder, Electric Vehicles
- Vivas Kumar, CEO and Co-Founder, Mitra Chem
- Rory Townsend, Head of Battery Metals Analysis, Trafigura
- Mouad Dahbi, , OCP
16:50 - 17:35
Africa’s Lithium Supply
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Exploring Africa’s role in the future of critical minerals, highlighting opportunities to scale lithium supply and addressing sustainability and responsible sourcing challenges
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What role do integrated projects play in reducing OPEX and enhancing competitiveness within the cost curve? How can integration be leveraged as a key competitive advantage?
- Adam Megginson, Principal Analyst, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
- Astrid Karamira, Sustainability and Governance Manager, International Lithium Association
- Diana Fu, Chief Marketing Officer, Sichuan Union Shine New Energy Sci-Tech Co.,Ltd
- Maxime Treves, CEO, Battri
- Mervyn Stevens, Vice President - Battery Mineral & Materials, Worley
17:45 - 19:45
Networking Reception
Wednesday 24th September, 2025
08:00 - 08:45
Networking Breakfast
08:45 - 09:00
Benchmark Opening Keynote
- Adam Panayi, Chief Research Officer, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
09:00 - 09:15
Morocco’s Perspective on the Energy Transition — Updates and Progress in the Kingdom’s Sustainability Journey
- Adam Panayi, Chief Research Officer, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
- Leila Benali, Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development, Kingdom of Morocco
09:15 - 09:35
Sustainable Pathways to Low-Carbon Energy
- Adam Panayi, Chief Research Officer, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
- Xiaoshen Wang, CEO and Vice Chairman, Ganfeng Lithium
09:35 - 09:55
Fireside Chat: Powering Africa with Distributed MicroGrids
- Mujeeb Ijaz, Founder, Our Next Energy (ONE)
- Roger Atkins, Founder, Electric Vehicles
09:55 - 10:10
Navigating Lithium Supply Dynamics
- Caspar Rawles, Chief Operating Officer, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
- Ashish Patki, Director, Business Development and Market Intelligence, Rio Tinto
10:10 - 10:30
Networking Break
10:30 - 10:45
Africa’s Charge: Morocco as the Catalyst of a Global Battery Revolution
- Morocco’s strategic role in leading Africa’s battery and EV industrial transformation, from renewable infrastructure to gigafactory development.
- Will Roberts, Automotive Research Lead, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
- Nassim Belkhayat, Founder and CEO, NEO Motors
10:45 - 11:25
Panel Discussion: Why Invest in Africa? Understanding Government Support & Incentives
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Assessing tax benefits, free trade zones, workforce development programs, and infrastructure support
- Pfungwa Kunaka, Secretary for the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development, Republic of Zimbabwe
- Bryan Bille, Policy & Geopolitical Principal, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
- James Hermanson, Advisor, OECD
- Ali Seddiki, Director General, AMDIE
- Othman Tlemçani, Head of Financings & Portfolio Management, INNOVX
11:25 - 11:45
Positioning Africa in the Global Battery Supply Chain
- Bryan Bille, Policy & Geopolitical Principal, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
- Deshan Naidoo, Managing Director, Afrivolt
11:45 - 12:00
Copper & Cobalt in the DRC: Moving up the battery supply chain and beyond
- Bryan Bille, Policy & Geopolitical Principal, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
- Guy Kioni, Advisor Board Member, Buenassa
12:00 - 12:15
Rare Earths : Strategic minerals at the heart of energy security
- Challenges and opportunities in scaling rare earth extraction and processing
- Strategic importance of rare earths for global battery and tech supply chains
- Sustainability and responsible sourcing practices
- Neha Mukherjee, Research Manager - Rare Earths, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
12:15 - 13:15
Networking Lunch
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