ONE CONTINENT. ONE VISION. ONE MINERAL FUTURE.
FORUM OVERVIEW
Securing Africa’s Strategic Minerals Security
The Africa Critical Minerals Security Forum is a high-level continental platform established to help African governments safeguard critical minerals as strategic national security assets.
The Forum responds to the growing global competition over minerals that power clean energy, defence systems, digital infrastructure, AI, semiconductors, aerospace technologies and advanced manufacturing.
Through AMSG, the Forum strengthens cooperation among Member States on mineral security, intelligence sharing, supply chain protection, value addition, responsible sourcing and resource sovereignty.
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
What the Forum Seeks to Achieve
Critical Minerals Security
Elevate critical minerals as national and regional security priorities across African states.
Resource Sovereignty
Promote African ownership, control, value addition and strategic management of mineral resources.
Supply Chain Protection
Strengthen secure, transparent and resilient mineral supply chains from extraction to export.
Security Cooperation
Improve coordination among mining, defence, intelligence, police, customs and regulatory institutions.
Industrial Transformation
Advance beneficiation, processing, strategic stockpiles and mineral-based industrialization.
Global Stability
Position Africa as a secure and strategic partner in global energy, technology and defence supply chains.
CORE COMPONENTS
The Africa Critical Minerals Security Framework Architecture
Doctrine
A strategic doctrine recognizing critical minerals as assets of sovereignty, security and transformation.
Declaration
A political commitment by African leaders to strengthen cooperation on critical minerals security.
Protocol
A legal cooperation mechanism for safeguarding Africa’s strategic mineral resources.
Security Pact
A continental cooperation framework against illicit mining, smuggling and organized resource crime.
Security Strategy
A policy framework for protecting mining zones, corridors, infrastructure and mineral value chains.
Flagship Initiative
An implementation programme to operationalize Africa’s critical minerals security agenda.
PARTNERS & STAKEHOLDERS
A Continental Security and Industrial Coalition
AMSG Member States
Heads of State
Security Ministers
Mining Ministers
Foreign Affairs Ministers
Defence Forces
Intelligence Agencies
Police & Customs
Mining Companies
Technology Partners
Financial Institutions
Development Partners
KEY MILESTONES
From Concept to Continental Architecture
2025
Development of the Africa Critical Minerals Security Initiative and strategic briefings with Uganda.
2026
Convening of the 1st Africa Critical Minerals Security Forum in Kampala, Uganda.
2026+
Launch and implementation of the Kampala Framework on Africa’s Critical Minerals Security.