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Zimbabwe Data Notes

Data Sources

  1. Company Registrar (Paper Based)

  2. Zimbabwe Geological Survey Unit (Paper Based)

  3. Stock Exchange. Online, via company names retrieved from a) common knowledge, b) company website, or c) research with sites like OpenCorporates.

  4. Auditor General: State owned enterprise 2014 report (Online).

  5. Chamber of Mines.

  6. Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (Online)

  7. Ministry of Mine

  8. Consultant produced data (e.g. mine names and coordinates).

Flow of Data Retrieval

  1. Identify mining companies from the Chamber of Mines (formal request. Can take about a week per request.)

  2. Identify mining companies that are state owned (they aren’t part of the Chamber of Mines). Retrieve this from the Auditor General reports and/or Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation.

  3. For international companies, retrieve further information from Stock Exchange (e.g. annual reports).

  4. Request company details from Company Registrar.

  5. Request license details from the Ministry of Mine.

  6. Retrieve from the Zimbabwe Geological Survey: a) production, b) ownership history, c) exclusive prospecting orders, d) exploration results, and e) geospatial claims Unit.

  7. Retrieve tax contributions for listed companies from annual reports.

Current Flow Handle:

  • 1 → 2: Complete:.

  • 3: Initiated but not complete (ongoing).

  • 4: Initiated but not complete (ongoing).

  • 5: Initiated but no response.

  • 6: Not initiated but information is publicly accessible.

Current Data:

Companies:

  1. Name

  2. People

  3. Ownership

  4. Location

  5. Mines they operate in

  6. Annual reports / financial statements

Mines:

  1. Name

  2. Location (exact coordinate and region/province)

  3. Mineral

  4. Status

Community Stories:

  1. Photos.

  2. Human rights stories.

Scope of the Data

  1. State owned enterprises: 60%

  2. Public companies (listed): 90%

  3. Public companies (not listed): 60%

  4. Private Companies: 30%

Links we currently have

  1. Company links to mines (mostly public companies).

  2. Company people

  3. Company hierarchies

Links we can have

  1. Licenses and concessions for the companies.

  2. Environmental impact assessments.

  3. OpenCorporates company info.

  4. Annual reports for listed companies.

  5. Community monitoring reports and photos.

Links we can’t have

  1. Production and export data (We can only retrieve that information for around 30 out 140 companies).

Review of Essential Questions

*What we want to achieve *Improved accessibility of data on management of mineral resources.

2 to 3 users

  • CSOs

  • Media

  • Parliament

  • Community Monitors

What they want to search for in the MVP and why:

  1. Community reports on impacts of mining to tell impact stories on human rights and socio-economic development.

  2. Mining company hierarchies and shareholding to compensate for lack of information on subsidiary mining operation by tracing them back to their parent companies (which would have more detailed information).

  3. Taxes paid to both local and national government to understand how the state is benefiting from mineral resources.

What the MVP should offer

  1. Community content creation (upload of stories and photos) geared at exposing impact on daily lives in terms of human rights and development. How are people affected by these mining operations? Linking back to the main corporate players behind the mining operations in question? Are the communities benefiting from mining operations in terms of development and how?

Feature example: I click on a mine on the map, and I am presented with community stories that relate to that mine (pictures, something that exposes the human aspect behind these mining operations)

  1. Comprehensive navigation of company hierarchies, with particular emphasis on the relationship between parent companies and their local subsidiaries.

Feature example:* *I select an international mining company and am shown, on a map, all mines they are involved with (e.g. subsidiary mines). It’s some sort of a snapshot of the extent of operations of international mining companies.

  1. How much money is the state capitalizing on mineral revenue, develop a sense of fairness (or not) in government deals with the mining companies.

Feature example: Visualization of flow of tax payments made by companies. Maybe categorized by specific mines, regions, or minerals. If possible, there would be categorization of type tax payments as well.

Prioritization MVP feature prioritization in terms of feasibility in relation to the Replication Sprint: 2, 1, and 3.


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