Driving sustainable investment in African Mining

Charlotte Ndakorerwa

Programme Management Officer UN Environmental Programme (UNEP)

Charlotte Ndakorerwa is a Programme Officer in the Consumption and Production Unit of UNEP’s Industry and Economy Division. She joined UNEP in 2016 and currently coordinates UNEP’s work on minerals and metals based in Paris.  

Prior to joining UNEP, she worked with the World Bank in Kenya and the University of Potsdam, Germany.  

She holds an M.A. in international relations from Free University of Berlin and a degree in law from the University of Strasbourg.  


2024 Agenda Sessions

Responsible Mining in a Resource-Hungry World: What Does it Mean for Africa?

Hosted by the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP)

Tuesday 06 February 14:00 - 15:00 Governments Stage 3

Intergovernmental Summit

Add to calendar 02/06/2024 14:00 02/06/2024 15:00 Responsible Mining in a Resource-Hungry World: What Does it Mean for Africa? Hosted by the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) Governments Stage 3 Africa/Johannesburg

What role does mining have to play in circularity?

  • Beyond recycling: a holistic approach to making mining more circular.
  • Product stewardship: can the miner take a value chain approach and influence how the market uses and stewards their product towards circular systems? 
  • African innovation: what home grown solutions can Africa offer to make mining more circular?
  • Who is driving greater circularity in mining? 

Wednesday 07 February 11:20 - 12:05 Stewards Stage

Sustainability Series

Add to calendar 02/07/2024 11:20 02/07/2024 12:05 What role does mining have to play in circularity?
  • Beyond recycling: a holistic approach to making mining more circular.
  • Product stewardship: can the miner take a value chain approach and influence how the market uses and stewards their product towards circular systems? 
  • African innovation: what home grown solutions can Africa offer to make mining more circular?
  • Who is driving greater circularity in mining? 
Stewards Stage Africa/Johannesburg