Just wrapped a solid convo with Farai Maguwu from the Kimber

Just wrapped a solid convo with Farai Maguwu from the Kimberley Process Civil Society Coalition at the KP Intersessional in Mumbai. Topic: transparency, traceability, and how mining communities actually survive in this game.
UAE's been in the KP since 2003. This isn't about checking boxes—it's about protecting the diamond trade's integrity while keeping the people who mine these stones front and center.
Civil society isn't here to nod along. Their job is to push back, ask the hard questions, and make sure mining communities aren't just footnotes in policy docs. That independence? Non-negotiable. It's what keeps the system honest.
Big win: permanent KP Secretariat in Gaborone (UAE-backed proposal). Now there's year-round institutional backbone for all participants, including civil society.
Shoutout to India's 2026 Chairmanship focusing on Credibility, Compliance, and Consumer Confidence. These aren't buzzwords—they're the foundation of whether this industry has a future.
Transparency isn't optional. It's the industry's social license to operate. Without it, none of this works.

.css-1iqe90x{box-sizing:border-box;margin:0;min-width:0;color:#EAECEF;}Just wrapped a solid convo with Farai Maguwu from the Kimberley Process Civil Society Coalition at the KP Intersessional in Mumbai. Topic: transparency, traceability, and how mining communities actually survive in this game.

Just wrapped a solid convo with Farai Maguwu from the Kimberley Process Civil Society Coalition at the KP Intersessional in Mumbai. Topic: transparency, traceability, and how mining communities actually survive in this game.