NRG | Good Governance Africa

The wild cost of oil exploration: Operation Shell

by Busisipho Siyobi | Sep 20, 2023 | NRG, The wild cost of oil exploration, TRENDING ARTICLES | 0 |

Recent significant oil and gas discoveries seen in the Karoo Basin and the Wild Coast of South...

COP27: Why it is in Africa’s best long-run interests to abandon fossil fuels

by Dr Ross Harvey and Vincent Obisie-Orlu | Oct 29, 2022 | ANALYSIS, COP 27 SPECIAL, NRG, TRENDING ARTICLES | 0 |

News of severe flooding in Australia is just one more reminder of the ravages of climate change....

Trophy hunting in SA is not economically justified

by Dr Ross Harvey | Mar 17, 2022 | NRG, TRENDING ARTICLES | 0 |

GGA questions whether the government has good grounds on which to determine trophy hunting quotas or promote trophy hunting as a conservation tool, especially on economic grounds.

Trophy hunting in South Africa – is it worth it

by GGA Reporter | Mar 17, 2022 | NRG | 0 |

Trophy hunting in South Africa: is it worth it? An evaluation of South Africa’s policy decision to...

The road to Net Zero by 2050: Unpacking the key trade-offs

by Vincent Obisie-Orlu | Nov 10, 2021 | Climate change, NRG, THE WICKED CONVERSATION, TRENDING ARTICLES | 0 |

In the wake of the recent International Energy Agency (IEA) Net Zero by 2050 report, and the Sixth...

ESG – Energy transition moves into the boardroom

by Vincent Obisie-Orlu | Jul 22, 2021 | NRG | 0 |

In May 2021, Royal Dutch Shell (Shell), a British-Dutch multinational oil and gas company, lost...

Kenneth Kaunda – his choices, legacy and shadow

by Vincent Obisie-Orlu and Stuart Mbanyele | Jul 15, 2021 | NRG, THE GOVERNANCE REPORT, TRENDING ARTICLES | 0 |

“History is not the soil in which happiness grows. The periods of happiness in it are the blank pages of history.” – Hegel

Zambia – debt relief through structural reform, in an election year

by Vincent Obisie-Orlu | Jun 18, 2021 | NRG, THE GOVERNANCE REPORT | 0 |

Zambia seeks debt relief while in the throes of its August 2021 election campaign Zambia has a...

Sustainable investing in Africa must prioritise social governance

by Vincent Obisie-Orlu | Jun 4, 2021 | NRG, THE GOVERNANCE REPORT | 0 |

Social performance ripples out to create stable communities and economies The concept of...

Measuring up: where is ESG performance in extractives?

by Busisipho Siyobi | May 31, 2021 | NRG, THE GOVERNANCE REPORT | 0 |

Over the last five years, a growing global movement has made considerable efforts to address key...

A road map for reversing the resource curse

by Dr Ross Harvey | Apr 9, 2021 | NRG, Reversing the resource curse, THE WICKED CONVERSATION | 0 |

For many African countries, Covid-19 has provided a useful cover for leaders to advance authoritarian ends, consolidate their autocracies and undermine whatever rule of law existed before. This seems especially true for ruling coalitions in countries with access to mineral or hydrocarbon wealth.

Overturning the injustices of development economics in resource extraction

by Dr David Matsinhe | Apr 7, 2021 | NRG, Reversing the resource curse, THE WICKED CONVERSATION | 1 |

Is there a convincing reason why communities who host resource extraction projects in their ecosystems are not considered investors in development economics? Is it fair or just to think that, in welcoming and hosting mining, oil and gas companies into their ecosystems, local communities have nothing to lose but everything to gain?