By Lebone Rodah Mosima
Lesotho Prime Minister Sam Matekane has asked global partners to back climate and resource smart projects in emerging economies, pitching his mountain kingdom as a base for renewable-powered data centres and a potential exporter of “dispatchable green power” into the Southern African grid.
Speaking at the World Governments Summit (WGS) in Dubai, Matekane said sustainability had become “both a constraint on growth and a competitive strategy”.
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He said that emerging economies were now central to innovation, resilience and inclusive growth, and that governments needed proactive leadership to shape the shift to low-carbon growth, digital transformation and changing trade patterns.
“In a world of constant shocks — energy, climate, or geopolitics — resilience is the new growth model,” Matekane said.
“Countries that secure affordable and clean power, reliable water, and climate-smart food systems will grow faster,
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