Read GGA’s 2026 close-out report on Africa’s Girl Child Dialogues, covering career pathways, mentorship, workshops and opportunities for young women.
Good Governance Africa
Good Governance Africa (GGA) is an independent governance organisation working to strengthen governance systems and institutions across the continent. With centres in West Africa, Nigeria and the Horn of Africa, an active presence in Southern Africa, and partnerships and programmes across the continent, GGA combines locally grounded expertise with a pan-African perspective. Through research, analysis, advocacy, strategic convening, and applied programmes, we generate evidence, inform public debate, and bring together governments, civil society, business, academia, and citizens to advance more accountable, inclusive and effective governance.
Working at national, regional and continental levels, GGA connects governance to the development challenges that shape citizens’ lives and Africa’s future. We turn knowledge into action through partnerships and practical engagement that strengthen accountability, inform better policy and decision-making, empower citizens, and create the conditions in which citizens, communities, and economies can thrive.
Africa’s carbon boom risks repeating old resource patterns
The phenomenon of African resources benefiting external economies more than local ones has long defined the continent’s resource story. Now, as demand for carbon sequestration (as a commodity) grows, Africa’s natural capital is being recognised as a vehicle for wealth...
To render mining valuable, time horizons must shift
Imagine a world without appliances. Or one without weapons, vehicles, electricity or smartphones. For some of you reading this, that sounds like bliss. But even a remote cottage in the Karoo requires the stone to have been quarried, hewn and chiselled from somewhere....
Sacking Dion George: Vested interests triumph
The sacking of Environment Minister Dion George has been framed in these pages as a story of alleged staff abuse and underperformance, although the counter-view was well-articulated by Ghaleb Cachalia, along with Brandon Reynolds’s cartoon. Little detail or...
Dar es Salaam – African Cities Report 2025
The Dar es Salaam Profiling Report is part of the African Cities Profiling project, which aims to enhance understanding of individual cities across the continent with a view to being able to allocate resources more optimally to ensure proficient service delivery. With...
GGA’s advocacy recognised in the G20 Leaders Declaration
Several governance and integrity priorities that Good Governance Africa (GGA) championed through official G20 civil society processes have been reflected in the final G20 Leaders Declaration published this week, a strong affirmation that African research and policy...
Democratic backsliding and why it matters for mining
Many of you operating beyond South Africa will have seen that Tanzania is about to host another sham election. This is part of a broader problem that we refer to as ‘democratic backsliding’. It’s not only an African phenomenon, of course, but it is particularly...
Redesigning the scorecard: Why economic accounting must include nature
In the global debate over sustainability, the concept of “negative externalities” — the divergence between private returns and social costs — remains a theoretical footnote in many economic models. The importance of accounting more appropriately for these costs is...
Emphasise the ‘just’ aspect of the just energy transition
South Africa’s nationwide electricity blackouts have been suspended, but the nation still faces a “risk of another energy crisis”, the 2025 Energy Market Projections report notes, making the necessity of an energy transition indisputable. But, for the transition to be...
Mining’s revival must also deal with its legacy
Mining is still central to the South African economy. It employs roughly 480,000 people directly. With an estimated dependency ratio of 10 to one, the industry essentially supports close to five million people. That’s a twelfth of the country’s population. Demand for...
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Good Governance Africa
Good Governance Africa (GGA) is an independent governance organisation working to strengthen governance systems and institutions across the continent. With centres in West Africa, Nigeria and the Horn of Africa, an active presence in Southern Africa, and partnerships and programmes across the continent, GGA combines locally grounded expertise with a pan-African perspective. Through research, analysis, advocacy, strategic convening, and applied programmes, we generate evidence, inform public debate, and bring together governments, civil society, business, academia, and citizens to advance more accountable, inclusive and effective governance.
Working at national, regional and continental levels, GGA connects governance to the development challenges that shape citizens’ lives and Africa’s future. We turn knowledge into action through partnerships and practical engagement that strengthen accountability, inform better policy and decision-making, empower citizens, and create the conditions in which citizens, communities, and economies can thrive.
Africa’s Girl Child Dialogues 2026: Close-Out Report
Read GGA’s 2026 close-out report on Africa’s Girl Child Dialogues, covering career pathways, mentorship, workshops and opportunities for young women.
Africa’s carbon boom risks repeating old resource patterns
The phenomenon of African resources benefiting external economies more than local ones has long defined the continent’s resource story. Now, as demand for carbon sequestration (as a commodity) grows, Africa’s natural capital is being recognised as a vehicle for wealth...
To render mining valuable, time horizons must shift
Imagine a world without appliances. Or one without weapons, vehicles, electricity or smartphones. For some of you reading this, that sounds like bliss. But even a remote cottage in the Karoo requires the stone to have been quarried, hewn and chiselled from somewhere....
Sacking Dion George: Vested interests triumph
The sacking of Environment Minister Dion George has been framed in these pages as a story of alleged staff abuse and underperformance, although the counter-view was well-articulated by Ghaleb Cachalia, along with Brandon Reynolds’s cartoon. Little detail or...
Dar es Salaam – African Cities Report 2025
The Dar es Salaam Profiling Report is part of the African Cities Profiling project, which aims to enhance understanding of individual cities across the continent with a view to being able to allocate resources more optimally to ensure proficient service delivery. With...
GGA’s advocacy recognised in the G20 Leaders Declaration
Several governance and integrity priorities that Good Governance Africa (GGA) championed through official G20 civil society processes have been reflected in the final G20 Leaders Declaration published this week, a strong affirmation that African research and policy...
Democratic backsliding and why it matters for mining
Many of you operating beyond South Africa will have seen that Tanzania is about to host another sham election. This is part of a broader problem that we refer to as ‘democratic backsliding’. It’s not only an African phenomenon, of course, but it is particularly...
Redesigning the scorecard: Why economic accounting must include nature
In the global debate over sustainability, the concept of “negative externalities” — the divergence between private returns and social costs — remains a theoretical footnote in many economic models. The importance of accounting more appropriately for these costs is...
Emphasise the ‘just’ aspect of the just energy transition
South Africa’s nationwide electricity blackouts have been suspended, but the nation still faces a “risk of another energy crisis”, the 2025 Energy Market Projections report notes, making the necessity of an energy transition indisputable. But, for the transition to be...
Mining’s revival must also deal with its legacy
Mining is still central to the South African economy. It employs roughly 480,000 people directly. With an estimated dependency ratio of 10 to one, the industry essentially supports close to five million people. That’s a twelfth of the country’s population. Demand for...