This was a very interesting read. Thanks, Sam and Yaw for highlighting all the amazing work taking place in this part of the world! I hope there are water quality protections in place for the copper mine. It's so difficult to mine copper without damaging a watershed. It's tough to think that Americans won't allow it on our own turf (Pebble Mine) but we are encouraging it elsewhere, perhaps where there are fewer environmental regulations.
Thank you. The copper mine point is a really interesting ethical question, because the cost/benefit analysis is so different in a developed vs. developing country. A US community would not be impressed by a copper mine offering stuff like "jobs that pay in money as opposed to survival-level subsistence agriculture" or "foreign exchange currency so we can keep importing food, medicine, and fuel" but those matter a lot in Zambia.
Glad we did this chat! Happy to do another one whenever you'd like!
Spectacular! Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts.
Great interview. Africa has such an upside potential for wind and solar development and America ignores the continent to its own loss.
Absolutely!
This was a very interesting read. Thanks, Sam and Yaw for highlighting all the amazing work taking place in this part of the world! I hope there are water quality protections in place for the copper mine. It's so difficult to mine copper without damaging a watershed. It's tough to think that Americans won't allow it on our own turf (Pebble Mine) but we are encouraging it elsewhere, perhaps where there are fewer environmental regulations.
Thank you. The copper mine point is a really interesting ethical question, because the cost/benefit analysis is so different in a developed vs. developing country. A US community would not be impressed by a copper mine offering stuff like "jobs that pay in money as opposed to survival-level subsistence agriculture" or "foreign exchange currency so we can keep importing food, medicine, and fuel" but those matter a lot in Zambia.