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Chris Musiime

Programs Director

Africa Centre for Energy and Mineral Policy (ACEMP)

Chris holds a BA in Environmental Management from Makerere University and a Postgraduate Diploma in Financial Management from the Uganda Management Institute. He has attended the Mining and Regional Development Short

Dickens Amanya

Unregulated waste management is a climate injustice for West Nile sub-region

All over much of West Nile’s rapidly growing urban centers, poor waste management is quietly evolving into a climate justice crisis. The sight of open dumpsites, burning garbage, polluted river…

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Blencowe’s Orom Cross Graphite Project eyes production in 2027

In December 2025, Blencowe Resources published a Definitive Feasibility Study For its Orom-Cross Graphite Project, with very promising results.  The Orom-Cross Graphite Project, located in Orom…

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Battery Minerals

Are battery minerals the new gold?

Africa is bleeding value and wasting away an opportunity to cash in on a ‘new’ class of minerals driving energy transition.Battery minerals are a group of minerals and metals from which key…

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OJok

Companies should treat artisanal miners as partners, not competitors

At the time I picked interest in mining, the ASMs were being evicted from their operational areas by the LSMs. Ojok Geoffrey Odur is a Lawyer with Gem Advocates who has cut his teeth representing…

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Grace rivers of gold

Rivers of gold: Karamoja women scrape river beds in search of the precious metal

Karamoja is known for its seasonal rivers. They flood during the rainy season but completely dry up when the rains cease. Due to the mountainous rocky terrain of the Region, the floods can be quite…

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