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AfricaArray is an innovative programme to promote, strengthen and maintain a workforce of highly trained African geoscientists and researchers for Africa's natural resource sector. Well-trained geoscience professionals are key to the sustainable development of this sector as demand grows for Africa’s oil, gas and minerals from world markets and for water resources within Africa.

A 20-year initiative, AfricaArray refers to scientists working on arrays of continent-wide linked projects; arrays of shared training programmes and observational networks; and above all, a common vision that Africa will build and retain capacity in an array of technical and scientific fields.

AfricaArray also is committed to enhancing the diversity of the geosciences workforce in Africa and the U.S.

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MulambaStudent Spotlight

 

Graduate Student Seeks to Identify Mineral Resources in and around the Congo Craton

Underneath central southern Africa lies the Congo Craton, an area formed billions of years ago that could contain a wealth of mineral resources.

For more than a year, Isaac Mulamba, a graduate student in geophysics at the University of Witwatersrand (South Africa), has been analyzing data recorded by 12 broadband seismic stations located throughout the continent as part of an international team of AfricaArray researchers. Their goal: To determine the crustal structure and thickness beneath the craton and its potential for kimberlitic exploration.

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FSgroupAnnual Summer Field Course

The annual field course is held from June to July in South Africa.
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