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MVAAF

Mining Value Addition Acceleration Facility

Accelerating Africa’s mining value addition

MVAAF originates, screens and structures mineral processing and beneficiation projects — aligning capital, technology and government around bankable industrial opportunities.

  1. Minerals
    Ore & concentrate endowments
  2. Processing
    Concentrators, refineries, smelters
  3. Capital
    Structured project finance
  4. Infrastructure
    Power, rail, ports, water
  5. Manufacturing
    Precursors, alloys, components
  6. Value
    Captured in-country margin
  7. Jobs
    Skilled industrial employment
  8. Exports
    Higher-value trade flows

The African value addition gap

Africa exports minerals. The margin is captured elsewhere.

Most African mineral output leaves the continent as ore or concentrate. The processing, refining and manufacturing stages — where value, employment and industrial capability concentrate — happen offshore. MVAAF exists to move those stages onshore.

That requires more than intent: it requires screened projects, structured capital, proven technology and aligned governments, assembled around each opportunity.

Pipeline value
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Projects screened
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Countries engaged
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Institutional partners
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Figures published as MVAAF activity is formalised

What MVAAF does

One facility. Four constituencies. A single pipeline.

Governments & ministries

Jurisdiction-level visibility of beneficiation opportunities, investment requirements and industrial impact.

Capital partners

DFIs, sovereign funds, banks and institutional investors access a screened, structured pipeline.

Technology & EPC partners

Process technology, engineering and construction partners matched to qualified projects.

Project developers

Mining companies and developers submit projects for screening, structuring and capital alignment.

How MVAAF works

From origination to financial close

  1. Stage 1

    Origination

    Projects enter through developers, governments and partners.

  2. Stage 2

    Screening

    Technical, commercial and jurisdictional screening against MVAAF criteria.

  3. Stage 3

    Structuring

    Capital stack design, offtake alignment and technology definition.

  4. Stage 4

    Capital alignment

    Qualified opportunities presented to matched capital partners.

  5. Stage 5

    Execution

    Financial close, development and delivery oversight.

Mineral processing plant with conveyors, silos and screening towers

Processing is where value is decided

Project pipeline

Structured industrial opportunities

Illustrative pipeline. Sample projects shown for demonstration — live opportunities are released to verified partners.

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Zambia · Copper
Structuring

Copper Cathode Plant Expansion

Expansion of an operating SX-EW facility to increase cathode output, with grid and renewable power integration.

Processing
Refining
Est. CAPEX
$100–250M
Funding req.
$60–120M
Offtake
In discussion
Zimbabwe · Lithium
Capital Alignment

Lithium Concentrator Development

Spodumene concentrator adjacent to an established hard-rock resource, structured around committed offtake.

Processing
Concentration
Est. CAPEX
$50–100M
Funding req.
$40–80M
Offtake
MOU
Guinea · Bauxite
Technical Assessment

Bauxite-to-Alumina Feasibility

Staged evaluation of in-country alumina refining tied to existing bauxite export operations and port capacity.

Processing
Refining
Est. CAPEX
$1B+
Funding req.
Feasibility stage
Offtake
Not started

Capital partners

A screened pipeline for institutional capital

DFIs, sovereign funds, banks and institutional investors access qualified opportunities — filterable by country, mineral, stage and ticket size — with confidential detail released under NDA.

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Technology & EPC partners

Proven process technology, matched to projects

Process technology providers, EPC contractors and equipment manufacturers profile their capabilities and are matched to projects requiring them.

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Geographic footprint

Where MVAAF is engaged

ZimbabweZambiaUgandaTunisiaTogoTanzaniaEswatiniSouth SudanSudanSouth AfricaSomaliaSierra LeoneSeychellesSenegalSão Tomé and PríncipeRwandaNigeriaNigerNamibiaMozambiqueMoroccoWestern SaharaMauritiusMauritaniaMaliMalawiMadagascarLibyaLiberiaLesothoKenyaGuinea-BissauGuineaGhanaGambiaGabonEthiopiaEritreaEquatorial GuineaEgyptDjiboutiCôte d'IvoireDR CongoCongoComorosChadCentral African RepublicCabo VerdeCameroonBurundiBurkina FasoBotswanaBeninAngolaAlgeria
Engaged Selected

Illustrative country profiles for demonstration. Engagement data is published as MVAAF activity is formalised.

Country focus

Zambia

Priority minerals
CopperCobalt
Value-addition opportunity
Refining expansion and copper downstream manufacturing on the Copperbelt.
Infrastructure focus
Grid reinforcement and rail corridor capacity.

Trust & confidentiality

Built for sensitive information

Confidentiality by design

Project information is treated as confidential. Public profiles expose only high-level, developer-approved summaries.

NDA-gated data rooms

Detailed documentation is released only under NDA, with permissioned, logged access. (Data rooms arrive in a later platform phase.)

Structured screening

Every project passes technical, commercial and jurisdictional screening before reaching partners.

Partner verification

Capital and technology partners are verified before receiving access to opportunities.

Insights

Thinking on African industrialisation

All insights

Projects enter the system. Capital, technology and partners converge around them.