31st Colloquium of African Geology (CAG 31)

Examining critical mineral policies, investment trends, ESG compliance, and regional mineral value chains from gold belts to battery metals.

Tackling over-extraction, pollution, and climate variability through Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) and AI-powered monitoring for Africa's water security.

Monetising natural legacies including Lake Bosomtwi impact crater, Victoria Falls, and geopark protection for sustainable development.

Balancing oil and gas exploitation with Carbon Capture Storage (CCUS) and methane reduction strategies in climate-conscious era.

Seismic, gravity, magnetic exploration techniques and real-time pXRF/SWIR vectoring to high-grade deep orebodies.

Unlocking Africa's subsurface heat, with case studies from the East African Rift Valley and public-private partnerships scaling up geothermal development.

Bridging skills gaps, digital training, and gender inclusivity across Africa's geoscience academies, with an emphasis on university-industry collaboration.

How rifting, mountain building, and basin formation shape Africa's resources, landscapes, and hazards, using satellite monitoring and predictive modelling.

AI prospectivity mapping, automated core logging, and satellite-based environmental monitoring, with advocacy for open-access AI tools for African geoscientists.

Site characterisation, slope stability, foundation design in problematic soils, and landslide hazard assessment for African cities.

Ethics, innovation, and the second life of old ground — how mineral systems modelling and remote sensing surface overlooked value in historic mining districts.

How Africa's hidden metallogenic provinces — lithium, manganese, cobalt, and rare earths — are becoming the engine room of the global energy transition.