Nigeria Receives Critical Minerals Report to Power Green Industrialisation at AFNIS 2026

Lagos, Nigeria | 29 June 2026 – The Council for Critical Minerals Development in the Global South, a collaborative platform dedicated to helping emerging economies build secure, local mineral supply chains that drive domestic industrialization, officially handed over a landmark report to the Honourable Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake, OON, during the 5th African Natural Resources and Energy Investment Summit (AFNIS 2026). 

The report charts a direct line from Nigeria’s clean energy ambitions to its mineral wealth. It maps national demand for solar PV, energy storage and electric vehicles. The report also assesses current supply and trade positions, identifies the gaps and sets out strategic pathways to close them.

The report’s central finding is clear: Nigeria’s endowment of lithium, copper and bauxite aligns precisely with the minerals needed to accelerate the country’s green energy transition.

Receiving the report, Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake noted: “By mapping domestic demand, supply and trade patterns, this report provides mineral-specific policy pathways to leverage Nigeria’s resources for our own green industrialisation.”

The Council, hosted by Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) and the Global South Centre for Clean Transportation, in partnership with the Ministry, are committing to the next phase. This includes a mineral-to-manufacturing localization roadmap, to retain more value in-country. Greater South-South investment partnerships, to connect Nigeria with manufacturers and investors across the Global South, and to work with local stakeholders to advance green industrialization projects, will be pursued.

The handover at AFNIS 2026 closes a loop that began at AFNIS 2024. Since then, the Council, the Ministry of Solid Minerals Development, and Core International have collaborated to deliver the report. The ceremony took place at the State House Conference Centre, Presidential Villa in Abuja.
 

About the Council for Critical Minerals Development in the Global South
The Council for Critical Minerals Development in the Global South is a partnership between Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) and the Global South Center for Clean Transportation, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis. The Council aims to deliver tailored data and analytics and facilitate south-south and international collaboration to support emerging economies and build secure mineral supply chains that anchor domestic industrialization and development goals. It also supports governments in designing and implementing strategies that advance mineral beneficiation with forward linkages to national or regional manufacturing value chains.

Find out more: https://www.transitionmineralscouncil.org/