January 2021: ALS Burkina Faso and PROSLABS Mali are the 19th and 20th SOAC accredited laboratories (ISO IEC 17025) in the field of quality control of Gold and for relevant products in the Food, Water and Environment.
21st accredited body, Bureau Norme Audit Côte d'Ivoire also becomes the 1st SOAC accredited certification body according to ISO 17021-1 in the sub-regional area.