Thamani

27/05/2017

Welcome to the land of luscious green and burning red.
Tsavorite and Spinel rough from Tanzania.

26/05/2017

International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) May 2017 newsletter featuring dialogues in …https://t.co/DWDkEd1w5L

26/05/2017

"The IGF Training-of-Trainers workshop was convened following the publication of the IGF Guidance for Governments: M…https://t.co/Lg4WKvY6uW

The IGF convened a Training-of-Trainers workshop in Nairobi in order to impart technical knowledge and understanding of its artisanal and small-scale mining guidance to local experts. The goal was to strengthen participants’ knowledge, skills and attitudes to enable to them to train others in the us...

20/03/2017

"The government donated two tippers, two wheel shovels, two bull dozers, one air compressor and an 18,000-litre oil…https://t.co/9C1wyos46t

The national government has issued mining equipment to small-scale miners in Taita Taveta county following a directive by President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday last week during his tour.In an event held at Voi on Wednesday, Mining CS Dan Kazungu said the equipment from NYS will be vital in speeding u...

09/03/2017

I've just joined Acumen Fellows Global Gathering community via https://t.co/4gUUZKhe7y cc:

The Acumen Fellows Global Gathering is an unprecedented gathering of the world’s leading social entrepreneurs. Since graduating our first cohort in 2007, Acumen's fellowship programs have grown to a global network of almost 400 change makers defining new solutions to create a more equitable and incl...

02/03/2017

Rapid urbanization has made an ordinary commodity suddenly precious: sand. As cities devour concrete, glass and asphalt, illegal sand mining has sparked a global wave of gang violence.

11/02/2017

Mining in Africa Country Investment Guide (MACIG) ... in East Africa, Kenya’s relatively nascent sector presents its…https://t.co/Wlf2e7Aby0

Access the full report here for insights into mining jurisdictions across the continent and interviews with senior representatives throughout the

11/02/2017

Bob Collymore passed by our stand yesterday during the Timeless Women Conference. We highlighted the different gems around Kenya mines by the artisanal and small scale miners. He was also our first customer of the day, purchasing from our Kenya Silver Gem bracelet line...

As serendipity would have it the Sustainable Development Goal #1 "No Poverty" was next to us, and reflects one of the goals we are working towards!

03/02/2017

On 1 February, 2017, IIED invited stakeholders involved in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) to share their work in this sector and make connections across the word, using their own and IIED's online channels. Here's a round-up of the day's updates...

25/01/2017

Do you have any jewellers or suppliers based in Africa e.g in Tanzania or Kenya that are using and supplying fair-mined gold? https://t.co/f22qXQ7RPk

“Participate & share: 1st global survey for to find out about Fairmined product demand https://t.co/QZMbEIoAYh”

30/12/2016

So my TED 2016 talk is up! (unedited ...lisps, pauses, memory blanks and all)... Watching it still gives me a buzz I…https://t.co/TjC0K1w7py

Did you know that gem miners rarely get to see a percentage of the profits of gemstones, even though they mine 80% of the world’s output? Majala Mlagui refus...

08/12/2016

Is there room to create access of