Assessing the Implementation of the Key Tenets of the African Mining Vision with Zambia’s Key Mining Policy on Artisanal and Small Scale Mining

Abstract

The Africa Mining Vision (AMV) is a policy framework that was created by the African Union in 2009 to ensure that Africa utilizes its mineral resources strategically for broad-based, inclusive development. It is a blueprint tailored at addressing numerous challenges that has faced the sector in the past and at the core, improve the Livelihoods of local communities. This article, However, finds that 12 years after its inception, the AMV framework has not been fully implemented to address the critical constraints and leverage success factors in forging the creation of resilient communities around the ASM sub sector. There is generally a low level of awareness of the framework among key stakeholders and there is no clear policy direction, and or gap analysis to determine the obstacles to its implementation. This article derives its findings through accessing the Zambian Mining policy documents on ASM and mapping it with the key tenets of the AMV.