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ADU PReVIeW

Normal programming resumes

for Africa-Australia relations

lobally recognised as the premier
G forum for Africa-Australia business
relations, Africa Down Under (ADU)
returns to Pan Pacific Perth on August
Welcome back, 31 - September 2 with this year’s event 20 of the very best

we’ve missed you shaping as the most important in recent This year marks the 20th anni-

After being locked out of Western memory. Our extensive 68-page preview versary of ADU. Since the humble
beginnings of the inaugural event in
Australia for the past two gatherings to the conference begins with the five key 2003, the world-renowned confer-
due to the COVID-19 pandemic, inter- ence has showcased many success
national and interstate delegates will reasons for delegates to attend in 2022 stories about Australian explorers
be physically present on the confer- and miners operating alongside lo-
ence floor for the first time in three years and the African continent and potentially strike up cal suppliers, contractors and communities
especially eager to make new connections new deals and arrangements for the years across all parts of Africa.
or, in some cases, renewing acquaintances to come. Over the past 20 years, ADU has attracted
with old friends and business partners. Among the regular faces returning to some of the biggest names in the business
Expect every corner of the exhibition floor Perth following a two-year hiatus are Bris- including recently retired Gold Fields Ltd
to be occupied, meeting rooms to be fully bane-based explorers Mako Gold Ltd and chief executive Nick Holland, revered Afri-
booked and even the couches in the down- Atlantic Lithium Ltd, South African pair Orion can business leaders Kojo Annan and Shei-
stairs hotel lobby taken up by mining execu- Minerals Ltd and West Wits Mining Ltd and la Khama, and former Nigerian President
tives, investors, government officials and vis- AIM-listed Ethiopian developer Kefi Gold Olusegun Obasanjo. Even Ghanaian boxing
iting delegations looking to hold face-to-face and Copper plc, all of whom participated vir- great Azumah Nelson made an appearance
discussions over the latest opportunities on tually in 2020 and 2021. in 2014 to promote his autobiography and

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