Dr. Marit Kitaw, PhD, is the Interim Director of the African Minerals Development Center (AMDC), Specialized Agency of the African Union, dedicated to implementing the Africa Mining Vision (AMV). She has extensive experience as Chief Technical Advisor on Extractives Industries for Sustainable Development at UNDP Mozambique, as Economist leading the Minerals portfolio in UNECA, and in COMESA, AfDB, and US’ Institute of World Affairs.

As AMDC’s founding staff, she contributed to major implementing tools on Africa’s minerals for development. Dr. Marit Kitaw currently represents the African Union in the United Nations Secretary General Panel on Critical Energy Transition Minerals. She is also in the 2025 Advisory Board of the Mining Indaba. She received a Ph.D in Economics from the University of Nice/ Sophia-Antipolis in France, and an MBA in Leadership and Sustainability from the University of Cumbria, UK.