African Minerals Development Centre

Policy Brief: ASM and Sustainability in Africa - Linkages as a Sustainable Livelihood Tool

Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is widespread in Africa and exploits a very large number of minerals. The conservative number of people involved is estimated to be more than 10 million. However, these estimates are speculative.

The Africa Mining Vision Action Plan (2011), under its Programme Cluster 4 on ASM, aims to “create a mining sector that harnesses the potential of artisanal and small scale mining to advance integrated and sustainable rural socioeconomic development.”

Regional Meeting on Strengthening the Capacity of African Governments in Contracts Negotiation, Implementation and Monitoring in the Extractive Sector

The regional meeting has two main objectives. First to review and validate the manual on negotiating and drafting mineral development agreements (« the Manual »), in line with the AMV principles. The manual provides a plan of action for the implementation of the AMV and suggests an innovative approach to capacity development using reference decisional tools for policy-makers at all the stages of the negotiation process. 

 

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Africa Mining Vision: African Minerals Governance Framework

The Africa Mining Vision is Africa’s overarching framework for achieving inclusive, sustainable mineral-based structural transformation. Since 2009, when the African Union formally adopted the Vision, there has been considerable progress in advancing its implementation throughout the continent. The weaknesses in the governance of Africa’s mineral sector, however, have served to undermine the continent’s aspirations for peaceful and inclusive societies based on the prudent and sustainable use of mineral resources.

Policy Brief: Scaling Up Value Creation and Local Development in the (upstream) Mining Sector in Ghana

Historically, Ghana’s economic landscape has been shaped by the mining sector, which is essentially dominated by gold. The beginning of commercial exploitation of oil in 2009 has further accentuated the footprint of the extractive sector, although to date, the contribution of the sector remains sub-optimal compared to its potential. Ghana has other mineral endowments, such as diamonds, iron ore, manganese and bauxite, but which so far remain under-exploited.

AMDC develops manual on mineral development agreements

Addis-Ababa, 8 November 2017 (ECA)—The African Minerals Development Center (AMDC) is organizing an event to present the training manual for capacity development in mineral development agreements. The AMV-aligned manual touches on agreements on negotiation, implementation and monitoring.

The presentation will be on Friday, 10 November 2017, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the United Nations Conference Centre in Addis Ababa.

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Strengthening the contribution of minerals to development in West Africa

Accra, 02 November 2017 (ECA) – Strengthening the mining sector’s contribution to local and national development is the theme of a 1-2 November 2017 meeting in Accra. With annual mining procurement exceeding $1 billion, the meeting will see the launch of an innovative National Suppliers’ Development Programme (NSPD) that aims to secure a greater share of this market for Ghanaian firms. The Ghana government endorses the NSPD because of its alignment with the government’s own priorities of private sector-led industrialization and economic transformation.

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