COP27: Why it is in Africa’s best long-run interests to abandon fossil fuels
News of severe flooding in Australia is just one more reminder of the ravages of climate change....
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Category: NRG
Trophy hunting in SA is not economically justified
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.
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Trophy hunting in South Africa – is it worth it
Trophy hunting in South Africa: is it worth it? An evaluation of South Africa’s policy decision to...
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The road to Net Zero by 2050: Unpacking the key trade-offs
In the wake of the recent International Energy Agency (IEA) Net Zero by 2050 report, and the Sixth...
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ESG – Energy transition moves into the boardroom
In May 2021, Royal Dutch Shell (Shell), a British-Dutch multinational oil and gas company, lost...
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Kenneth Kaunda – his choices, legacy and shadow
“History is not the soil in which happiness grows. The periods of happiness in it are the blank pages of history.” – Hegel
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Zambia – debt relief through structural reform, in an election year
Zambia seeks debt relief while in the throes of its August 2021 election campaign Zambia has a...
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Sustainable investing in Africa must prioritise social governance
Social performance ripples out to create stable communities and economies The concept of...
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Measuring up: where is ESG performance in extractives?
Over the last five years, a growing global movement has made considerable efforts to address key...
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A road map for reversing the resource curse
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.
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Overturning the injustices of development economics in resource extraction
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?
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Reversing the Resource Curse – The Importance of Mainstreaming Social Performance with Deji Haastrup
Our latest vodcast in our Reversing the Resource Curse series is now out. We’re pleased to welcome Chief Consultant and CEO of Strategic Communications Solutions, Deji Haastrup.
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