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GACC Representative, Ms. Tenkorang, Participates in AFREIKH 2025 Summer School as Resource Governance Ambassador.

The 2025 Anglophone Africa Extractive Industries Knowledge Hub (AFREiKH), being organised by the Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) with support from the Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), is currently underway in Accra, Ghana. The programme brings together participants from Anglophone African countries, civil society organisations (CSOs), the media, and state institutions engaged in the extractive industries.

The 2025 AFREiKH summer school seeks to bridge knowledge gaps in Africa’s energy and extractive sectors and strengthen effective governance. It is designed to equip participants with the knowledge, skills, and tools needed to enhance their work, while promoting transparent and responsible natural resource management across the continent.

By the end of the training, participants are expected to:

  • Gain deeper insights into policy, governance, and sustainability issues in Africa’s energy and extractive sectors.
  • Acquire practical tools and frameworks for influencing reform in their respective fields.
  • Build valuable cross-sector and cross-country networks for sustained collaboration.
  • Contribute to the development of a joint knowledge product titled Rethinking Extractive Sector Governance.

Participants have been drawn from countries including Tanzania, Kenya, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Uganda, Mauritania, Zimbabwe, and the host nation, Ghana.

Participating in the 2025 summer school is GACC’s representative, Ms. Dorcas Tenkorang, an Assistant Programmes Officer. In this role, she supports the organisation’s efforts in advancing good governance, transparency, and accountability through anti-corruption advocacy, civic education, and citizen engagement. At GACC, she has contributed to the implementation of initiatives such as public education on the Whistleblower Act, the Witness Protection Act, and other accountability frameworks. She also plays a key role in coordinating youth-focused engagements and training local accountability networks (LANets).

Participating in the 2025 AFREiKH summer school will strengthen GACC’s capacity to influence reforms in Ghana’s extractive sector. The skills, tools, and frameworks gained from the programme will be applied to enhance advocacy, policy analysis, and coalition-building efforts. In addition, the networks built with practitioners across Africa will provide valuable opportunities for cross-learning and collaboration, enabling GACC to further advance its mission of promoting transparent and accountable natural resource governance for the benefit of citizens.

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