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AWDC & ADPA joins for a series of webinars!   The Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC) partnered with Belgium’s Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs and the African Diamond Producers Association (ADPA) organized a series of webinars on October 14, 21 and 28.  The 2nd African Diamond Conference was scheduled to open in May 2020 at Durban, South Africa. Given the global situation of restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the conference took place via the virtual platform.   The webinars aimed to connect the industry members to share information on the opportunities and challenges of diamond producing countries in Africa as well as the overall situation of the diamond industry.    “Earlier this year, we had to make the difficult decision to postpone the second edition of the African Diamond Conference. However, even though we can’t meet each other in person, it's important to stay connected and exchange knowledge, through our African Diamond Conference: Webinar Series” sai

ADPA ministers meeting with Choicest Agenda in Windhoekon An Angolan delegation led by the Secretary of State for Geology and Mines, Jânio Corrêa Víctor, will participate in the 6th meeting of the Council of Ministers of the African Diamond Producers Association (ADPA) in Windhoek, Namibia. The delegation, which includes officials from the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Petroleum and the National Kimberley Process Commission, will discuss with the other members of ADPA the “Report on the activities of the organization's Executive Secretariat for the past two years, schedule of activities for 2019-2020, and Financial report of the association on the financial year 2017.”   It will also analyse the "ADPA Budget for the period of June 2019 to June 2020, Declaration on the proposal for a new definition of conflict diamonds, ADPA Declaration on Synthetic Diamonds, and Proposal for the creation of the Exchange African Diamonds.