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This briefing by Good Governance Africa outlines the economic challenges facing Zambia's mining sector and recommends a profit-based Mineral Royalty Tax (MRT) framework to attract investment and increase copper production for the global energy transition.

A statement by Good Governance Africa critiquing Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s maiden budget speech for failing to provide a real strategy to address severe fiscal risks, including ballooning debt, a shrinking tax base, and extreme unemployment.

The report argues that Africa's economic future depends on enhancing women's economic roles, but cautions against legislative quotas for gender parity, such as South Africa's proposed Women Empowerment and Gender Equality Bill. While sub-Saharan Africa has the world's highest entrepreneurship rates, women face significant barriers including lower literacy rates (75% of men's) and discriminatory customary laws. The author suggests that general business environment reforms and prioritizing girls' education are more effective than gender-specific mandates.

This case study examines the implementation of Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR) in the Talensi district of northern Ghana. Sponsored by World Vision Ghana and supported by World Vision Australia, the project uses a low-cost land restoration technique to combat soil degradation and climate-driven food insecurity, restoring over 2,000 hectares of land across three phases between 2009 and 2020.

A statement by Good Governance Africa on World Environment Day 2020, arguing that current economic models must be transformed to recognize ecological limits and planetary boundaries to avoid ecological collapse.

This policy brief by Good Governance Africa-Nigeria examines the barriers to citizen participation in Nigerian governance and provides recommendations to increase accountability and grassroots development. It highlights how extreme poverty, weak local government structures, and a lack of ideological political parties hinder civic engagement beyond election cycles.

This policy brief examines the drivers and impacts of slums and informal settlements in Ghana, specifically within the Accra and Sekondi-Takoradi metropolitan areas. It argues that current urban governance and housing policies are deficient, failing to incorporate the perspectives of slum dwellers or effectively implement existing laws, which undermines the goal of creating resilient cities.

This report by Good Governance Africa examines the transition to sustainable energy in Nigeria and the broader West African region. It highlights the gap between the region's abundant renewable energy potential and its current energy deficits, emphasizing the need for coherent governance, regional integration, and the urgent leveraging of fossil fuel revenues to fund green infrastructure before hydrocarbon assets become stranded.

This report by Good Governance Africa-Nigeria analyzes the systemic failures of Nigeria's power sector and advocates for the expansion of renewable energy and the deregulation of the gas sector to address chronic electricity shortages and economic losses.

This report assesses the progress of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) under the Buhari administration, detailing the long history of legislative failure in reforming Nigeria's oil and gas sector. It examines the transition from the original PIB to the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB), the economic costs of regulatory uncertainty, and the proposed structural changes to the industry's governance and the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).

This policy brief by Good Governance Africa argues that African leaders must actively reshape their energy partnerships with China to move beyond extractive focuses and dam-building toward sustainable, green energy and local industrial capacity.

This report by Good Governance Africa evaluates the impact of the Climate Change Act on South Africa's extractives industry. It details the regulatory framework for decarbonisation, including carbon budgets and mandatory emissions reporting, while highlighting the challenges of implementation such as resource limitations and the specific complexities of the coal sector. The document also examines the alignment between national climate goals and the Green Transport Strategy 2017-2050, providing a case study of Anglo American's adaptation efforts.

This report by Good Governance Africa examines the hybrid security environment in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, where large-scale extractive projects for liquid natural gas, rubies, and graphite coexist with a violent insurgency. It analyzes the roles and accountability of various security providers—including national forces, Rwandan troops, community militias, and private security companies—and the resulting impacts on local populations.

This report by Good Governance Africa and the Centre for Natural Resource Governance (CNRG) evaluates community-centered resource governance in Zimbabwe's Mbire and Muzarabani districts. It focuses on the Cabora Bassa Basin oil and gas project led by Invictus Energy, which has estimated reserves of 9.25 trillion cubic feet of gas and nearly 300 million barrels of oil. The research, based on fieldwork from 2022 and 2025, identifies significant gaps in community engagement, employment transparency, and infrastructure, warning that without reform, the project risks repeating historical patterns where extractive wealth fails to benefit local populations.

This briefing by Good Governance Africa explores the role of the private sector in decentralising the just energy transition (JET) in South Africa, with a specific focus on Mpumalanga province. It argues that while South Africa is highly coal-dependent and vulnerable to climate change, there is a significant gap in private sector visibility and coordination with local municipalities. By investing in sustainable infrastructure and civic engagement, the private sector can improve service delivery, enhance climate resilience, and foster economic growth at the local level.