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Andrew Mambondiyani

Andrew Mambondiyani is an award-winning journalist based in Zimbabwe. From 2010 to 2011 he served as a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His journalism work has appeared in various media organizations including the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the BBC, Yale Environment 360, Think Africa Press, SciDev.Net, openDemocracy and The Zimbabwean. He has a special interest in climate change, agriculture, sustainable development and the environment.

Andrew's Latest Articles

Reporter aims to catalyze discussion about climate change and Zimbabwe’s energy crisis

By Andrew Mambondiyani ● Energy ● June 17, 2016 July 29, 2022

When crippling droughts knock out hydroelectricity for up to 20 hours a day, it’s hard to ignore the relationship between climate change and energy access in Zimbabwe. So why isn’t the country talking about it? Journalist Andrew Mambondiyani wants to chan

In Zimbabwe, a struggle between climate change and energy poverty

By Andrew Mambondiyani ● Energy ● April 19, 2016 July 27, 2022

Zimbabwe is a microcosm for the entire sub-Saharan African region, where climate change and El Niño-induced droughts are driving a crisis of energy poverty that is stunting public health, economic development, and the hopes of millions to rise out of pove