In a move to deepen grassroots transformation across Africa’s mining landscape, Women in Mining Africa, WiM-Africa, has released Management Guidelines for chapters across the continent and the diaspora.
This is contained in a statement signed by the Executive Director, Women in Mining Africa, WiM-Africa,
Dr. Comfort Asokoro-Ogaji, in Abuja.
According to the statement, the guidelines offer clear direction on governance, program delivery, accountability, volunteer coordination, and partnership development and are structured to align all chapter activities.
“With WiM-Africa’s institutional structure, Strategic Focus Areas, SFAs, and Seven-Point Program Agenda, 7PPAs, ensuring coherence and impact from the community level to continental platform” she emphasizes.
It stresses that the initiative is a call to action for every chapter to rise with clarity, lead with purpose, and deliver measurable change.
“Whether operating in artisanal mining communities, universities, cooperatives, or national hubs, each chapter now has the tools to strengthen local engagement, enhance reporting, and build cross-border solidarity for Africa’s mineral future” Dr. Asokoro-Ogaji notes
“A decentralized movement only thrives with coordinated standards. This framework is not about control—it is about consistency, credibility, and collective power to change narratives from the ground up.”
According to the statement, the new guidelines also introduce accountability measures and monitoring tools to ensure that chapters remain aligned with WiM-Africa’s values particularly gender equity, transparency, and local ownership.
“From reporting templates to funding protocols, mentorship structures to conflict resolution systems, chapters are now better positioned to deliver inclusive, visible, and ethical leadership in the mining ecosystem”
The statement urges Chapters in countries to review, adopt, and internalize the guidelines ushering in a new era of organized growth, inter-chapter collaboration, and high-impact advocacy” She notes.
According to the statement, WiM-Africa calls on all existing and emerging chapters to use the new framework as a tool for reflection, renewal, and radical action.
It adds that Dr. Asokoro-Ogaji reiterates the movement’s conviction that “WiM-Africa is not just a network—it is an infrastructure for systemic change emphasizing that the newly unveiled guidelines are more than a handbook but a strategic framework designed to anchor local action in excellence, integrity, and continental relevance.
“We are building more than chapters, we are raising structured, accountable, and visionary platforms capable of delivering impact in mining communities, schools, cooperatives, and public institutions,” she states.
The statement calls on chapters and prospective leaders to embrace the guidelines as “a shared compass for legitimacy, inclusion, and transformative leadership”—urging them to ground their work in accountability and purpose as they drive Africa’s mining narrative forward from the grassroots.
