The mining industry in Ghana accounts for 1.2% of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), with minerals making up 31% of total exports, of which gold contributed about 96% of these total mineral exports as at 2017. The industry contributed 23.3% and 12.6% of the...
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s maiden budget speech makes all the right noises. But it lacks a critical focus on key governance outcomes and a real strategy to address the risks.
Good Governance Africa (GGA) has studied the president’s SONA 2022 speech from last night. The speech includes some laudable attempts at addressing the ANC’s lamentable record in governance over the past year and in the longer term. Some of these are noted in our...
In John Robertson’s passing (1937-2022), Zimbabwe has lost one of its most eminent economists. Throughout his professional life, he remained a voice of conscience while bearing witness to the best and worst moments of Zimbabwe’s economic journey. Having...
On 1 September 2021, Good Governance Africa launched its brand new world-class website, products and new citizen action initiative named the GGA Pledge, as well as shared GGA's pivot to digitalisation which is not only unapologetically African, but embraces the impact...
14 JULY 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE South Africa is in a perfect storm and the focus has to stay on governance Scenes of chaos and orchestrated looting, concentrated in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, have rocked South Africa heavily over the last week. President Cyril...
05 MARCH 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Good Governance Africa is sad to announce the passing of its Nigeria chairman, respected corporate figure Oluseyi Bickersteth. Mr Bickersteth, a former chairman of KPMG Africa, died in his sleep at his home in Lagos on Wednesday...
Tune in to our first vodcast of the campaign above, in which GGA SADC Executive Director, Chris Maroleng, hosts colleagues, Busisipho Siyobi (Lead Researcher, Natural Resource Governance Programme), and Dr Ross Harvey (Director of Research & Programmes).
"The intrinsic nature of extremist organisations is to disrupt normality and instil a sense of fear in a society. It is is not far fetched to imagine a scenario in which a pandemic such as COVID-19 could be useful to extremists groups, which may want to use it as a...
Dr Craig Moffat sits in conversation with Lukhona Mnguni on Power FM where he unpacks the upcoming Uganda elections, providing an overview of the political election landscape. He also looks at the major contenders and strength of the opposition, as discussed in the...
The mining industry in Ghana accounts for 1.2% of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), with minerals making up 31% of total exports, of which gold contributed about 96% of these total mineral exports as at 2017. The industry contributed 23.3% and 12.6% of the...
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s maiden budget speech makes all the right noises. But it lacks a critical focus on key governance outcomes and a real strategy to address the risks.
Good Governance Africa (GGA) has studied the president’s SONA 2022 speech from last night. The speech includes some laudable attempts at addressing the ANC’s lamentable record in governance over the past year and in the longer term. Some of these are noted in our...
In John Robertson’s passing (1937-2022), Zimbabwe has lost one of its most eminent economists. Throughout his professional life, he remained a voice of conscience while bearing witness to the best and worst moments of Zimbabwe’s economic journey. Having...
On 1 September 2021, Good Governance Africa launched its brand new world-class website, products and new citizen action initiative named the GGA Pledge, as well as shared GGA's pivot to digitalisation which is not only unapologetically African, but embraces the impact...
14 JULY 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE South Africa is in a perfect storm and the focus has to stay on governance Scenes of chaos and orchestrated looting, concentrated in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, have rocked South Africa heavily over the last week. President Cyril...
05 MARCH 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Good Governance Africa is sad to announce the passing of its Nigeria chairman, respected corporate figure Oluseyi Bickersteth. Mr Bickersteth, a former chairman of KPMG Africa, died in his sleep at his home in Lagos on Wednesday...
Tune in to our first vodcast of the campaign above, in which GGA SADC Executive Director, Chris Maroleng, hosts colleagues, Busisipho Siyobi (Lead Researcher, Natural Resource Governance Programme), and Dr Ross Harvey (Director of Research & Programmes).
"The intrinsic nature of extremist organisations is to disrupt normality and instil a sense of fear in a society. It is is not far fetched to imagine a scenario in which a pandemic such as COVID-19 could be useful to extremists groups, which may want to use it as a...
Dr Craig Moffat sits in conversation with Lukhona Mnguni on Power FM where he unpacks the upcoming Uganda elections, providing an overview of the political election landscape. He also looks at the major contenders and strength of the opposition, as discussed in the...