Powerful conversations, practical solutions: Africa Legal launches GC Forum Extractives: Zambia edition

1 May 2026 - 10:59

Following the growth and success of the GC Forum Extractives held annually in Cape Town, Africa Legal has today revealed it is expanding its ‘insightful and highly relevant’ format into a series, with a first event to be held in Livingstone on 30 September 2026.

The GC Forum Extractives has evolved into a firm fixture on the mining and energy sector calendar, growing from a gathering for mining General Counsel into a powerful network across the industry including energy in-house teams, C-suite executives, policymakers, government representatives, funders, and investors, say Scott Cowan, CEO and co-founder of Africa Legal, as it was revealed today that Africa Legal was launching a new event in Zambia this year.

With the support of Local Insights partner August Hill and Associates, Africa Legal is pleased to announce the launch of GC Forum Extractives: Zambia Edition, to take place on 30 September 2026, in Livingstone, Zambia.

“This marks the first in a new series of jurisdiction-focused GC Forums designed to deliver high-impact, relationship-driven engagement across Africa’s most important mining markets,” says Cowan and Africa Legal co-founder and COO Wendy Bampton. “We’ve developed this Zambia event, kickstarting a new series across Africa, in response to increasing demand for more localised dialogue.”

The Zambia Edition will extend the GC Forum Extractives platform beyond Cape Town, creating space for deeper, in-country discussion and connection.

The series will continue in further jurisdictions, including Tanzania, forming part of Africa Legal’s broader commitment to supporting the evolving extractives landscape across Africa. Praised by top lawyers and industry leaders for “creating a space where ideas meet action, and collaboration drives sustainable progress”, the GC Forum Extractives is renowned as an intimate, strategic dialogue platform for leaders shaping the future of Africa’s extractive and energy industries.

GC Forum Extractives: Zambia Edition will be an invite-only session convening up to 70 senior stakeholders from across Zambia’s extractives ecosystem, including government representatives, corporates, investors and legal advisors. With confirmed local support from policy makers and industry leaders, the Forum will provide a focused environment for meaningful conversation and collaboration.

“The GC Forum creates genuine friendships, along with collaborative working relationships, deals done, and drives for change,” says Bampton.

The programme in Livingstone on 30 September will follow a structured, high-impact format, including a keynote address, industry update and case study, panel discussion, fireside chat, and dedicated networking opportunities throughout, concluding with a cocktail reception. Discussion themes will centre on the practical realities shaping the sector, including:

Investment structuring and bankability
Regulatory frameworks and licensing trends
Renewables and global partnerships for sustainable growth
Local content, compliance and governance

Bringing together legal, commercial, and policy perspectives, this new event will provide a platform to explore opportunities and challenges facing one of Africa’s most significant mining regions, say Cowan and Bampton, while strengthening relationships and insight across the wider GC Forum Extractives community.

For speaker or sponsor enquiries, please contact scott@africa-legal.com.

Attendance is complimentary for senior professionals across the mining and energy sectors, including General Counsel and in-house legal teams, leadership and compliance professionals, government and policy representatives, investors and financiers, as well as NGOs and academia. To register your interest, please click here.