#COUNTDOWN TO SECOND AFRICAN FORUM ON MINING (#africanForumOnMining)

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#COUNTDOWN TO SECOND AFRICAN FORUM ON MINING (#africanForumOnMining)

by E K Bensah Jr

Advocacy & Communications Unit, African Minerals Development Centre (AMDC)


With less than a week before the start of the second edition of the flagship African Forum on Mining, the Advocacy and Communications Unit at the African Minerals Development Centre (AMDC) has been blasting social media with important nuggets around the conference. Here are some excerpts from twitter feed on www.twitter.com/AfricanAMDC





While a provisional programme is available, more details, including a dedicated website, will be communicated when practicable to do so.


In the meantime, we invite you to follow our LinkedIn page (see below for latest post) and twitter pages for daily updates as we all count down to this important conference helping unpack Africa's Minerals governance:



See you soon!


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