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

Are battery minerals the new gold?

Jul 06, 2020

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…

Companies should treat artisanal miners as partners, not competitors

Apr 01, 2020

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…

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

Jan 29, 2018

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…