10Years of Experience
Minister for Finance & Administration

Amb. Peter Mugai

Peter Mugai is a Kenyan-based Mining Engineer and content writer in the mining industry; who is very passionate about creating awareness in the extractive industry through information sharing. His love for minerals and passion in sharing information about them coupled with industry experience in different stages of the mining value chain and strong writing skills persuaded him to start writing content on different subjects related to the industry.
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Peter now provides mining content for mining stakeholders and publishes other content on his website (www.mininghubafrica.com). He is the Director at ASGOLD Mining Hub Consultants; a Consultancy firm offering services in geology, mining, mineral economics and trading. He also offers knowledge management, technology transfer and communication services in artisanal and small-scale mining.

Peter strongly believes that mineral wealth can effectively be used to raise the social-economic status of the mining communities whilst ensuring environmental cautiousness. He is therefore keen in promoting sustainable mining practices and empowering the artisanal miners as well as the local communities to optimize mineral benefits. Peter has wide range of experience having led execution of exploration programs and mine plan developments for rare earth elements and limestone in Kenya. He has also worked in quarry operations (stonecutting), soda ash mining and beneficiation as well as exploration, mining and trading of gold, copper, manganese among other minerals.

His operations have seen him work with top mining professionals, consultants, contractors, organizations and communities. He is a common invited speaker in the extractive industry on subjects on the entire mineral resource value chain.  As part of giving back, Peter is involved in mentorship programs for young people and students in universities, colleges, high schools and primary schools.

Peter is also a young leader, volunteering at Global Business Roundtable – Future Leaders (a global non-profit organization). In Kenya, he heads young professionals department that empowers and mentors young people in their professional journey aiming to create a strong network of professionals who are intellectually and spiritually equipped.

He is also a cabinet minister at Youth in Africa; a Pan-African Organization promotes empowerment of young people in the continent. Peter is also a country director at Education for Peace Initiative, a Community Based Organization that promotes education and empowerment to Congolese refugee community in Kenya.

Peter holds a Bachelor of Science in Mining and Mineral Processing Engineering from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology and is a member of The Mining Engineering Society of Kenya (MESK). In MESK Peter is the current operations officer.