GOOD GOVERNANCE AFRICA
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GOOD GOVERNANCE AFRICA
Good Governance Africa is a research and advocacy non-profit organisation with centres across Africa focused solely on improving governance across the continent. GGA engages in applied research and stimulates critical debate.
Recent Episodes
23 episodes
Episode 22: The Blue Economy
According to the World Bank, the blue economy is the “sustainable use of ocean resources for economic growth, improved livelihoods, and jobs while pre...
Episode 21: Africa’s green energy opportunity
Africa is emerging as a theatre of competition for global powers and there are significant opportunities on offer for savvy African states to exploit...
Episode 20: The crucial role of local governance structures
Across Africa, local government is the main governance authority responsible for connecting with local communities. Names given to these structures di...
Episode 19: Angola Elections - Free and fair?
Angola's general elections take place on August 24, but there is little hope that democracy will prevail in this securitised country with a legacy of...
Episode 18: The Green Revolution - Why are Africa's farmers struggling
Rising food and fertiliser prices have sparked debate among analysts about the dependency of the African continent on food and agricultural imports an...
Episode 17: Russia in Ukraine - South Africa's unprincipled stance ?
South Africa's position on Russia’s aggression in Ukraine, inconsistent with its constitutional commitment to human rights, shows that there is an urg...
Episode 16: Democracy in Africa: Enter the dragon
How does China and the US's fight for digital hegemony in Africa impact the continent's democracies?
Episode 15: Nuclear modular reactors - a cleaner energy source ?
Nuclear technology has made great advances with small modular reactors, which could potentially help South Africa transition away from coal to a clean...
Episode 14: All about Africa's youth
Africa's population is set to make up 40% of the world's young people in less than three generations, according to the 2017 UN regional situation anal...
Episode 13: Former Botswana president on his legacy
In part two of our exclusive interview, former Botswana president Ian Khama talks about his plan to return to his country and fight for the democracy...
Episode 12: Former Botswana president Ian Khama on assassination attempts and the political situation in his country
Former Botswana president Ian Khama expands on plots to kill him, including three attempts to poison him, in this revealing GGA interview with GGA SAD...
Episode 11: Zimbabwe - Are the winds of change beginning to blow?
The by-elections held in Zimbabwe on Saturday 26 March 2022 gave public voice to the fierce contest between the ruling Zanu PF and newly-launched Citi...
Episode 10: Policymaking without data – a rudderless ship
The factors that influence the patterns and dynamics of data in Africa are multi-layered, but some of the most important include historical forces, re...
Episode 9: The Covid-19 experience could offer an impetus for the continent’s positive transformation
Despite the devastating worldwide effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, some politicians and scholars have advanced the idea that this crisis could be a t...
Episode 8: Gun trouble in the green city in the sun
The death rate from guns in Nairobi, Kenya, is 33 for every 100,000 people per year. Factoring in its population of 3.5 million, this means that on av...
Episode 7: The end of an era for liberation movements?
After defeating colonialism, white minority rule and post-colonial authoritarian governments, many of Africa’s liberation movements seem to have lost...
Episode 6: Africa's green wall: Between a rock and a hard place
The African Union’s Great Green Wall Initiative (GGWI) aims to create a new living world wonder, an 8,000 km tree line across the 21 countries in the...
Episode 6: Lionesses need historians more than fish need bicycles
Do the current written histories of Africa adequately include the experiences of the continent’s women? Depends where you look. And who you ask. Since...
Episode 5: Historically, Africans have been decisive actors in shaping global change
One big difficulty historians of Africa face is the need to articulate historical changes in African experience through language accessible to a wide...
Episode 4: Diaspora diaries and football politics
Football and politics have always enjoyed a fascinating relationship. During the 2018 World Cup the political subtext was especially elevated, given...
Episode 3: Africa’s climate conundrum
It is no secret that Africa is facing a climate conundrum. At the core of this trilemma is the question of how the continent can balance the energy ac...
Episode 2: Africa's divided response to the war in Ukraine
GGA SADC Executive Director Chris Maroleng and analysts from GGA's research team, led by Dr Ross Harvey, unpack the dynamics of the Russian invasion o...
Episode 1: Coups in West Africa
Researchers from Good Governance Africa discuss a recent spate of coups in West Africa and the implications for stability in the region.