Tax Justice Network Africa (TJNA) will be participating at the Alternative Mining Indaba (AMI) 2026, which will be held from 9 to 11 February 2026 in Cape Town, South Africa. The Alternative Mining Indaba is a global space for stakeholders to discuss, debate, highlight and provide solidarity for those impacted and affected by extractives, especially mining.
The AMI2026 will bring together representatives of NGOs and Civil society, activists, mining-affected communities, faith-based organisations, the private sector, and government representatives to keep promoting a people-centred and environmentally sustainable approach to the clean energy transition.
This year’s theme “Alternative Stories of Mining” marks a deliberate shift from a conventional conference format to a more grassroots‑driven, creative, and solidarity‑centred space. AMI 2026 will embrace strengthening movement building, transparency, and collective accountability.
Africa’s mineral wealth continues to play a central role in global economic growth, yet structural challenges, ranging from illicit financial flows to harmful tax incentives, undermine the well-being of African communities and sustainable transitions. Challenges persist in ensuring that resource revenues effectively contribute to sustainable development and climate action.
Africa remains at the centre of the global scramble for critical minerals required for renewable energy technologies, electric vehicles, and digital infrastructure. Yet this renewed demand risks reproducing old extractive patterns where value is exported, environmental harm is localised, and communities bear the social costs. From all African regions, mining-affected communities continue to face displacement, weak labour protections, gender impacts, and limited participation in decision-making processes that shape their futures.
The Alternative Mining Indaba provides a vital African platform to challenge dominant extractive narratives and advance alternative pathways rooted in justice, sovereignty, and people-centred development. TJNA’s engagement at AMI 2026 reinforces the call for African governments to align mineral governance with domestic resource mobilisation, progressive taxation, and regional frameworks. By amplifying African voices and evidence-based policy alternatives, TJNA seeks to ensure that Africa’s mineral endowments support a just transition that is equitable, climate-responsive, and firmly grounded in the lived realities of African communities.
TJNA will be participating as follows;
Session: Shared vision, shared goals: Dovetailing the body of work on Minerals, Just Transition and the African Green Minerals Strategy
Date: Tuesday, 10th February
Time: 1445hrs -1615hrs
Venue: CTICC, Cape Town, Bluebell/Watsonia Serengety stage
Speaker: Nelly Busingye
Session: From Extraction to Justice: Financing Africa’s Just Transition
Date: Wednesday, 11th February
Time: 0815 hrs - 0825hrs
Venue: Heinrich Böll Stiftung, 8th Floor Vunani Chambers, 33 Church Street, Cape Town (CBD) 8000
Speaker: Gloria Majiga
For more information about TJNA’s participation at the AMI 2026, please contact Gloria Majiga at gmajiga[@]taxjusticeafrica.net.
