About AfriMineX
We help Kenya's artisanal gold groups sell through licensed buyers, with documents the State Department for Mining numbers and anyone can check.
Our mission
To give artisanal miners a fair, legal way to sell their gold, and to give buyers and the Department a record of every lot they can rely on.
Our vision
A gold trade in Kenya where miners, buyers and the State Department for Mining work from the same record, and miners are paid what their gold is worth.
Our story
AfriMineX grew out of the gold trade. We kept seeing the same thing: gold leaving artisanal sites through informal channels that paid miners little and left buyers unsure where it came from. So we set out to build an exchange rather than one more trading desk. Groups register with their mining permit and buyers with their dealer licence. A licensed assayer tests each lot, and the State Department for Mining issues the warrant and numbers every document. A group cannot export on its own, so a licensed buyer files the export as exporter of record and pays the 3% royalty. We are starting in Kenya, with gold.
Kenya
Group and buyer registration, licensed assayers, Department warrants, numbered documents and export permits.
Pilot
A pilot with a small number of groups and buyers. M-Pesa payouts start.
The exchange
Listings and offers, escrow settlement and a directory of licensed agents with their fees.
More of Kenya
More counties and intake points, and warrants issued by licensed refiners.
Our values
Four rules we hold ourselves to.
Say what is true
We describe what works today and say plainly what is still coming.
Fair to miners
A group should be able to see how its price is worked out before it agrees to sell.
Records you can check
Every document we handle carries a number anyone can check, from the assay to the export.
Within the law
We work under the Mining Act 2016 and alongside the State Department for Mining, never around it.
Leadership Team
Meet the experienced professionals leading AfriMineX
Mohamed Dahir
Chief Executive Officer
Visionary leader with extensive experience in precious metals trading and international business development across Africa and the Middle East.
Khadar Mixile
Chief Financial Officer & Chief Operating Officer
Strategic financial expert and operations specialist with deep expertise in investment management and operational excellence.