Tanzania’s Stiegler’s Gorge project is a folly that will not deliver the energy security that President Magufuli seems convinced it will.
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.
Lessons from Trump’s dethronement for Africa
In a historic US election, President Donald Trump was ousted from office by Joe Biden. Biden won 50.8% of the popular vote, while Trump still managed 47.5% in the largest voter turnout since 1908. The presidency of Donald Trump is widely viewed as anomalous, a...
Media Statement on the United States Presidential Election
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 9 NOVEMBER 2020 This month’s presidential election in the United States has highlighted the vexing and universal conundrum of how to govern in the presence of deep disagreements in society. This governance challenge stems from sharp cleavages in...
Time for a low-carbon economy
The business case for greening the extractive industry is strong, especially with the growing trend of ethical investing. Everything we consume has its origins in either agriculture or the extractive industries. Our smartphones are laden with minerals and metals. Even...
Do citizen protests matter?
A sustained combination of internal and external pressure is required to create a genuine civilian government in Zimbabwe Ahead of planned mass protests on July 31, Zimbabwe’s state security apparatus cracked down on citizens. Largely initiated via social media, the...
Autocratic entrenchment as the world turns a blind eye towards Zimbabwe
Zimbabweans are calling for an end to the predatory, rapacious and brutal military regime that has thrown their country into despair and misery Zimbabweans plan to take to the streets on 31 July to protest against state corruption. Economic conditions are dire, with...
Zimbabwe: A failed state and a citizenry desperate for change
Eleven days from now, if all goes as planned, mass demonstrations against Zimbabwe’s brutal military dictatorship will be held across the country. We have no reason to expect that the regime will respond to these expressions of frustration peacefully. In character, we...
How COVID-19 is putting the rule of law to the test across Africa
A number of Africa’s fragile democracies have become vulnerable to the sword of leaders assuming wide-ranging powers under cover of emergency responses to COVID-19. Partly for this reason, Good Governance Africa has published a set of articles that conceptualise...
World Environment Day
Today is World Environment Day. For a brief moment in time, the world may take some time to reflect on the way in which the ecological systems that sustain us are under threat. Perhaps an inadvertent blessing of Covid-19, too, is that it has exposed deep fragilities...
The likely impact of COVID-19 on the extractive industries and its governance implications
COVID-19, the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). Global policy responses have shut down economic activity in attempts to flatten the curve – to prevent a stiletto-type impact on the capacity of healthcare systems to provide care for COVID-affected patients.
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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.
A very expensive white elephant
Tanzania’s Stiegler’s Gorge project is a folly that will not deliver the energy security that President Magufuli seems convinced it will.
Lessons from Trump’s dethronement for Africa
In a historic US election, President Donald Trump was ousted from office by Joe Biden. Biden won 50.8% of the popular vote, while Trump still managed 47.5% in the largest voter turnout since 1908. The presidency of Donald Trump is widely viewed as anomalous, a...
Media Statement on the United States Presidential Election
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 9 NOVEMBER 2020 This month’s presidential election in the United States has highlighted the vexing and universal conundrum of how to govern in the presence of deep disagreements in society. This governance challenge stems from sharp cleavages in...
Time for a low-carbon economy
The business case for greening the extractive industry is strong, especially with the growing trend of ethical investing. Everything we consume has its origins in either agriculture or the extractive industries. Our smartphones are laden with minerals and metals. Even...
Do citizen protests matter?
A sustained combination of internal and external pressure is required to create a genuine civilian government in Zimbabwe Ahead of planned mass protests on July 31, Zimbabwe’s state security apparatus cracked down on citizens. Largely initiated via social media, the...
Autocratic entrenchment as the world turns a blind eye towards Zimbabwe
Zimbabweans are calling for an end to the predatory, rapacious and brutal military regime that has thrown their country into despair and misery Zimbabweans plan to take to the streets on 31 July to protest against state corruption. Economic conditions are dire, with...
Zimbabwe: A failed state and a citizenry desperate for change
Eleven days from now, if all goes as planned, mass demonstrations against Zimbabwe’s brutal military dictatorship will be held across the country. We have no reason to expect that the regime will respond to these expressions of frustration peacefully. In character, we...
How COVID-19 is putting the rule of law to the test across Africa
A number of Africa’s fragile democracies have become vulnerable to the sword of leaders assuming wide-ranging powers under cover of emergency responses to COVID-19. Partly for this reason, Good Governance Africa has published a set of articles that conceptualise...
World Environment Day
Today is World Environment Day. For a brief moment in time, the world may take some time to reflect on the way in which the ecological systems that sustain us are under threat. Perhaps an inadvertent blessing of Covid-19, too, is that it has exposed deep fragilities...
The likely impact of COVID-19 on the extractive industries and its governance implications
COVID-19, the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). Global policy responses have shut down economic activity in attempts to flatten the curve – to prevent a stiletto-type impact on the capacity of healthcare systems to provide care for COVID-affected patients.