Transcript Slide 1

OneGeology status,
progress and issues in
Africa
5 countries serving data
21 other countries participating
Algeria
Cameroon
Egypt
Ghana
Lesotho
Mocambique
Rwanda
South Africa
Yemen
Botswana
AR
Ethiopia
Guinea
Malawi
Namibia
Senegal
Tanzania
Zimbabwe
Burkina Faso
DRC
Gambia
Kenya
Mali
Nigeria
Sierra Leone
Uganda
55.3 % on board
But............................
- 44.6 % only participating
- only 10.6 % serving data
Progress slow
No complete or only old data sets available in
many countries
No digital data sets available
IT capacity of many African counties below
standard
Need of many African Geological Surveys to
generate funds from the sale of their data
African data held by organisations outside
Africa
Some countries difficult to get hold of
Light at the end of the tunnel
One Geology officially endorsed by the meeting
of the Organisation of African Geological
Surveys on 12 February 2009 in Cape Town
OAGS new tool get hold of difficult countries
Metallogenic map of Africa could be used for
OneGeology
In preparation for the IGC 2016 in Cape Town,
the compilation of regional geological
maps of Africa has been decided, and there
could be an obvious link to OneGeology
Thank you !