In Bikita, Zimbabwe, home to one of the world’s oldest lithium deposits—SHINE is supporting rural women’s cooperatives to pilot solar-powered agro-processing hubs. These include peanut butter mills, refrigeration units, and other food technologies that build climate-resilient local economies. The initiative demonstrates how feminist, circular energy solutions can power livelihoods while protecting land, water, and ancestral knowledge.
Each quarter, SHINE hosts dynamic, multilingual webinars that bring together voices from civil society, women-led enterprises, frontline communities, and progressive investors. This series fosters South–South solidarity by connecting activists across Latin America, Asia, and Africa, while building cross-sector alliances to scale local innovations into continental policy influence.
In deep solidarity with Earthlife Africa, SHINE is working in South African communities impacted by mine closures. These areas face degraded land, economic collapse, and energy insecurity. We focus on building collective power and feminist alternatives including the groundwork for decentralized, community-controlled renewable energy in places like Soweto that centers the care economy.