President Bola Tinubu will chair the Africa Minerals Strategy Group’s third High-Level Roundtable on Critical Minerals Development in Africa in Manhattan, New York, on 21 September 2026, the group has announced. The meeting will centre on how African mineral resources can generate more wealth through stronger continental control and value addition.
The roundtable is being organised under the theme beginning “From Resources to Wealth”. According to the Africa Minerals Strategy Group, the New York gathering is expected to build on its Mutual Assured Development Framework and move its work beyond strategic discussions.
“Building on the Mutual Assured Development Framework, the New York gathering will mark a transition from strategic dialogue to structural execution,” the group said. The supplied announcement does not provide further details about the framework or specify the measures that participants will be asked to approve.
The planned talks place Tinubu in a leading role in the group’s push for a different approach to critical minerals development. The stated objective is to strengthen African control over resource wealth while expanding value addition, although the announcement does not identify particular minerals, investment projects or participating countries.
An attendee list, detailed programme and expected agreements have also not yet been disclosed in the available information. It therefore remains unclear what binding commitments, if any, may emerge from the September meeting or how the group intends to translate its proposed shift towards implementation into specific national or continental actions.