Voices of Africa podcast

Beyond the Ore with Stewart Bailey

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12 November 2025

What underpins operational resilience in complex markets? For AngloGold Ashanti in Guinea, it’s a commitment to becoming a core development partner. In this episode of Voices of Africa, we speak to Stewart Bailey about how the company’s long-term investment at the Siguiri mine is driving deep social change. This includes a revolutionary public-private health partnership model, strengthening its social license to operate, and building a genuinely Guinean team amidst the country’s rapid transformation.

Produced by Africa Practice in partnership with the Investing in African Mining Indaba.

AngloGold Ashanti is moving beyond classical, project-based CSR by extending the arc of its investments into ambitious, long-term programs. This strategic shift is designed to ensure projects are sustainable and embedded, ultimately strengthening the company’s Social License to Operate by proving a genuine commitment to local community development.

In this episode

00:00 Welcome to Voices of Africa

03:47 Guinea: A cornerstone jurisdiction

07:16 Beyond CSR: Long-term investments

09:50 Transformative health programs

15:18 Building local identity and teams

19:51 Gold mining’s role in Guinea’s evolution

23:36 Gold price: Upsides and downsides

27:55 Adapting to development funding shifts