Winile Ximba

Extreme weather is menacing Tanzania and Kenya, the two ‘tiger economies’ of East Africa. Kenya and Tanzania are neighboring nations with a combined GDP of $250 billion, yet their economies remain vulnerable. As floods and droughts intensify, the damage to coal and hydroelectric power grids is immense. 

As decarbonization becomes a global catchphrase, Zimbabwe has become a vital supplier of critical lithium ore and several platinum group metals that are key to the green transition. According to the Supply Chain Intelligence for the Energy Intelligence, Zimbabwe is the fourth largest producer of lithium mined globally.  But in Magunje, western Zimbabwe, the remnants of indigenous Zimbabweans displaced by colonial dams' construction 100 years ago are enduring a new wave of forced displacement, t