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About Us
Who are we
CAMVaC works at the intersection of policy, research, and strategic implementation to help African producer countries convert mineral endowment into industrial power and sovereign capability.
Founded by Globelics Fellow Lloyd Nedohe, CAMVaC bridges academic insight, policy reform, and commercial strategy to support sovereign capability development across the SADC and AfCFTA regions.
Our Vision
A continent where mineral wealth is governed through sovereign diagnostics, developmental linkages, and transformative institutions—anchored in African agency.
Our Mission
To equip African producer countries with the tools, frameworks, and institutional strategies needed to convert mineral endowment into industrial power.
The Linkage-Based Criticality Matrix (LBCM)
The LBCM is a sovereign diagnostic framework that redefines mineral criticality beyond supply risk—placing developmental linkages, institutional readiness, and national priorities at the centre of analysis.
Key Features:
Seven developmental linkage dimensions
Policy-weighted scoring methodology
Alignment with national and regional strategies
Designed for African producer economies
Why Choose Us
Producer-Centred. Policy-Driven. Sovereign by Design.
We don’t offer generic analysis or off-the-shelf consulting. We work with governments, institutions, and strategic partners to build lasting sovereign capability—grounded in evidence, aligned with policy, and designed for long-term industrial transformation.
Producer-Centred Thinking
CAMVaC places producer countries at the centre of critical minerals governance. Our frameworks begin with national development priorities, not external market classifications or investor convenience.
Policy-Relevant, Not Just Academic
Our work bridges the gap between rigorous research and real-world policy application. Every framework, diagnostic, and publication is designed to inform decision-making, not sit on a shelf.
Lloyd Nedohe
Author. Strategist. Institutional Architect.
Lloyd Nedohe is a scholar and Globelics Fellow working at the intersection of global value chains, critical minerals governance, and African industrial policy. He is the founder of the Center for African Minerals Value Chains (CAMVaC), and the architect of the Linkage-Based Criticality Matrix (LBCM)—a sovereign diagnostic tool designed to reframe mineral strategy from the perspective of producer countries.
His work draws on senior experience in global mining and development finance, and is grounded in a deep commitment to institutional design, heritage, and narrative sovereignty. Lloyd’s doctoral research explores the geopolitics of critical minerals beneficiation, with a focus on South Africa’s manganese sector and the structural constraints to industrial upgrading.
Through CAMVaC, he is building a continental platform for policy innovation, strategic diagnostics, and capability development—anchored in African agency and designed to convert resource endowment into industrial power.