African Minerals Development Centre

The Africa Mining Vision (AMV) is a continental policy framework, adopted by all 54 African Union (AU) member countries in 2009. The Vision advocates for “Transparent, equitable and optimal exploitation of mineral resources to underpin broad-based sustainable growth and socio-economic development”. Successful implementation of the Vision hinges on participation by the private sector and other key regional and country stakeholders in Africa. The African Minerals Development Centre (AMDC) has the mandate to accelerate AMV implementation across Africa.

The goal of AMDC’s human and institutional capacities work is to strengthen the African minerals skills base to make it stronger, more competitive, and better aligned to AMV outcomes. It also facilitates knowledgesharing and peer learning between African countries, with the aim of strengthening regional cooperation and integration.

The goal of AMDC’s linkages, investment and diversifiation workstream is to unlock the transformative potential of mineral resources to foster diversified, vibrant and globally competitive industrial economies in African resource-rich countries.

The goal of all AMV-compliant geological initiatives and activities is to improve geological and geospatial information and its use in mining and broad development processes in Africa.

The goal of AMDC’s ASM workstream is to harness ASM’s potential by building on the tenets of the Africa Mining Vision to help integrate ASM into sustainable economic and social development.