top of page
Andrew Mambondiyani
Writer
Journalist
More actions
Profile
Join date: Jun 11, 2025
About
Andrew Mambondiyani is a journalist based in Zimbabwe with bylines in local, regional, and international publications, including BBC, U.S. News and World Report, MIT Technology Review, Yale E360, The Telegraph, Al Jazeera, Mongabay, Vice, and The Daily Beast, among others. He has an interest in climate change, clean energy, agriculture, sustainable development, and the environment in general.
Posts (3)
Jul 11, 2025 ∙ 4 min
A Case for Floating Solar Plants
A recent study reveals that "floating solar photovoltaic systems are rapidly gaining traction due to their potential for higher energy yield and efficiency compared to conventional land-based solar photovoltaic systems.” The technology, studies have indicated, generates 0.6 percent to 4.4 percent more energy and exhibits efficiency improvements ranging from 0.1 percent to 4.45 percent over land-based solar power plants.
61
0
Jun 23, 2025 ∙ 5 min
Amid Hydropower Crisis, Zimbabweans Turn to Solar Energy
But with international financing for coal-fired thermal plants drying up, it remains to be seen whether the Zimbabwe government will shift investment towards solar energy. For now, it is boom time for rooftop solar systems.
36
0
Jun 11, 2025 ∙ 5 min
How Zimbabwe Can Leverage Rising Lithium Demand
Lithium mining in Zimbabwe has followed the resource curse route—a paradox of plenty. All the communities rich in lithium are frustrated with the plunder. Not one community is benefiting. Their portion is to pay the externalized costs of lithium mining: land grabbing, exhumation of the remains of loved ones, water grabbing, violence, dust and noise pollution, among others.
47
0
bottom of page