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Patrice Motsepe

Founder & Chairman, African Rainbow Minerals

Search every verified Patrice Motsepe interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Patrice Motsepe, founder and chairman of African Rainbow Minerals (ARM), has recently been active in both his mining and football governance roles. At an ARM presentation in September, he emphasized the importance of conducting business with integrity, honesty, and respect for legality and due process, stating that creating value for shareholders is equally as important as doing so ethically. He also discussed the company's financial results, including improved earnings, a declared dividend of 7 rand per share, and a 54% increase in net cash to 10.2 billion rand, as well as board approvals for the development of the Bokoni project and the recommencement of open pit mining and nickel concentrate production at Incomati. In an August interview, Motsepe discussed ARM's operations across nine mines in South Africa and the company's aim to double mineral output within seven years, while also advocating for African countries to create attractive legal, fiscal, and monetary conditions to compete for mining investment and keep more of the value chain on the continent. As president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Motsepe has been involved in several public engagements. In September, he visited the under-construction Raila Odinga International Stadium in Kenya, expressing confidence in the progress and stating that the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) would be the most successful, while also noting that security and VVIP access requirements had led to proposed changes in construction plans. During a press conference in Tanzania, he emphasized that there was "no plan B" for hosting AFCON 2027 across Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, and cited a Nielsen assessment that the AFCON in Morocco benefited that country's economy by $1.8 billion. In October, Motsepe was seen displaying support for FIFA president Gianni Infantino at a CAF gathering, which drew attention to their relationship amid discussions about FIFA's presidential election.

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“Africa has got 54 countries. So, there's an additional 126 countries outside the continent that were watching the AFCON. And they were watching it because they love African football. 3.5 billion people all over the world. Africa has got 1.5 were watching the AFCON on TV. The AFCON in Morocco and we had 6.3 or 6.5 digital views. 6.3 billion digital views which means people watching on their digital platforms activitie”

“There's a company, a marketing company called Nielsen when they did an assessment of the impact on the Moroccan economy of the AFCON 2025 2026 their assessment was that the economy of Morocco benefited to the value of 1.8 billion $1.8 billion from the AFCON that took place in Morocco in December last year and in January this year. So for us the AFCON is about a celebration of the enormous talent that we have on the c”

“I want to emphasize that from a CAF perspective and for me personally as a president of CAF there is no plan B. There is no plan C. There never will be a plan B. There never will be a plan C. We are going to work very hard in Tanzania. I'm in Tanzania today and I'll take a similar message to Kenya and later give the same message to Uganda. We're going to work together. And those areas where we are falling behind, we'”

“When I became president, KEF was in debt to the amount of $150 million. We owed $150 million. We now have $150 million in our bank account. But be careful, that money is not supposed to sit in our bank accounts. It's supposed to consistently be allocated to the member associations to football for boys and girls to training of referees and coaches.”

“Illegality in all its forms. We will not tolerate. We reject illegality. And that includes illegal migration. I mean, nobody and of course criminality as well. We are totally against illegality in all its forms as well as illegal migration.”

“We have no future if we don't partner with the continent. And and it's politically unpopular to go and educate our people to say to them that we are all Africans. And Africans means whether you're white or black or green or whatever, we are Africans and we're enriched by the different culture, the different languages, the different ways, the multi-racial, multicultural appearances of our people. But you will never be”

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