People
Executives, founders, investors, officials and technical experts across African energy, mining and metals — connected to the companies, projects, countries and commodities they work on.
Aliko Dangote
Nigerian industrialist whose group built Africa's largest refinery alongside cement and fertilizer operations.
Robert Friedland
Mining financier associated with the discovery and development of the Kamoa-Kakula copper complex.
Patrick Pouyanné
Leads TotalEnergies, operator of Mozambique LNG and a major investor across African upstream and power.
Claudio Descalzi
Leads Eni, which delivered Africa's first deepwater FLNG facility at Coral South.
Rio Tinto leadership
Rio Tinto's executive leadership oversees the Simandou development in Guinea. Current officeholders should be verified on the company's corporate governance pages.
