AfriMali Insight

25/07/2026

The viewfinder strikes another view!

23/07/2026

Illegal wildlife trafficking is not only a conservation issue, it is also a governance problem.
Tanzania has strengthened its laws, institutions, and strategies, yet trafficking networks continue to exploit gaps in implementation, coordination, and enforcement.
Our latest AfriMali Insight Brief examines this challenge from a governance perspective. Instead of asking what new policies are needed, it explores a more practical question: How can existing institutions work together more effectively to protect Tanzania’s natural resources?
The brief analyses implementation challenges, the role of communities, and pathways for better institutional coordination and collaborative governance.
We hope it supports policymakers, practitioners, researchers, and partners working on natural resource governance.
The full July 2026 Insight Brief is available on the AfriMali Insight website: https://afrimaliinsight.org/illegal-wildlife-trafficking-tanzania/.

17/06/2026

A decade of "empowering women in artisanal mining" has empowered a few women in artisanal mining. The rest are still doing the work.

Seats on associations. Donor projects. Licences issued. On paper, gender inclusion advances. Walk to the pits, to the women crushing, washing, panning, and little has moved. In places, backwards.

Our new brief, Beyond Boardroom Gains, traces why: empowerment keeps reaching the visible and the connected, not the women carrying the sector.
Five blindspots explain the gap:

- Elite capture inside women's associations.
- Formalisation that favours those who already have capital.
- Data that counts attendance, not agency.
- Class, literacy and location left out of the design.
- Gender in the documents, no accountability on the ground.

This isn't an argument against inclusion. It's an argument for inclusion that reaches past the boardroom.

The full brief: the evidence, the cases, six recommendations.
https://afrimaliinsight.org/beyond-boardroom-gains-women-in-artisanal-mining/

06/06/2026

...and the viewfinder said, this was also a good one to capture.
I followed the command!

28/02/2026

We are excited to share that the AfriMali Insight website is officially live.
While a few minor refinements are underway, the platform is fully up and ready to engage the world.
Take a moment to explore it here:�🔗 afrimaliinsight.org
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A trusted ex*****on partner in Africa’s resource economies. AfriMali Insight partners with funders, research institutions, and private-sector actors to translate natural resource governance and policy into accountable, on-the-ground outcomes — with a focus on artisanal and small-scale mining and...

11/02/2026

IMPORTANT:
Africa Transcribe is now AfriMali Insight.
This change reflects the work we are already doing - partnering with institutions, funders, and private-sector actors to translate natural resource governance and policy into accountable, on-the-ground outcomes.
AfriMali Insight brings a clearer focus on ex*****on, research, and institutional collaboration across Africa’s resource economies, particularly in artisanal and small-scale mining and resource-linked development.
Same team. Expanded mandate. Sharper clarity.
We look forward to engaging under this new identity.

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