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October 20, 2025 Tanzania’s Mining Reforms: Balancing Resource Nationalism and Global OpportunitiesSince 2017, Tanzania’s mining sector has undergone a profound transformation, driven by bold legislative reforms aimed at maximizing...
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October 15, 2025 Mercury, Small-Scale Gold Mining, and the Minamata Convention: Addressing Gaps for ImpactThe Minamata Convention on Mercury, adopted in 2013, is a landmark global effort to mitigate the health and...
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October 3, 2025 Adapting Sustainable Mining Protocols for Tanzania’s Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining SectorOver recent weeks, we have been immersed in a fascinating project: crafting an abridged version of the Towards...
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September 29, 2025 ATRA Joins the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership.On September 13, 2025, Africa Transcribe (ATRA), formerly known as Africa Transcribe Enterprises (ATE), was officially admitted as...
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EU’s Flawed African Minerals Strategy: a critique on the “EU’s Playbook for African Minerals Amid China’s Dominance”.Critical MineralsJune 24, 2025 EU’s Flawed African Minerals Strategy: a critique on the “EU’s Playbook for African Minerals Amid China’s Dominance”.In their commentary, The EU’s Playbook for African Minerals Amid China’s Dominance, Poorva Karkare and Karim Karaki (2024)... -
February 22, 2025 Tanzania’s Mercury Mirage: A Promise Unkept?Tanzania took a proud leap in 2017, ratifying the Minamata Convention to curb mercury’s toxic stranglehold on humanity...
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February 11, 2025 The Cost of Gold at Barrick Gold CorporationAfter Mali’s regime impounded gold worth $245 million, there has been divided opinions on whether Mali is digging...
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Illicit Financial Flows, the Extractive Sector, and Tanzania’s Economic StrugglesEconomic Issues and DevelopmentJanuary 6, 2025 Illicit Financial Flows, the Extractive Sector, and Tanzania’s Economic StrugglesTanzania's extractive sector, often heralded as a cornerstone of economic growth, masks a troubling reality: the epidemic of... -
December 4, 2024 Understanding Poverty in Africa: A Structural ApproachPoverty in Africa is often viewed through the lens of individual failings or market inefficiencies. However, a deeper...
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October 21, 2024 Dr. Tulia Ackson: A Leader Between Rhetoric and RealityDr. Tulia Ackson, the Speaker of Tanzania's Parliament, recently took the international stage at the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)...
