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The Community Blockade: Licence to Operate in Extractives and Industry

For country heads, directors and community, environment and security leaders of African extractives, energy, agriculture and industry. Keep people safe, listen, establish the facts, work lawfully with the state, share benefits fairly, mediate and rebuild trust.

  • Price₦248,000
  • DurationAbout 240 minutes
  • Access365 days
  • LevelBoardroom
  • You get9 lessons and a boardroom simulation
  • CertificateYes, anyone can verify it

Who it is for

Country heads, directors, community-relations, environment, security and legal leaders of African mining, oil and gas, energy, agriculture and heavy-industry operations.

What you will learn

  • Keep people safe and take command in the first hours of a blockade
  • Listen to and record grievances, including from women, youth and the vulnerable
  • Establish environmental and safety facts independently and share them openly
  • Work with government, police and courts lawfully and respect human rights
  • Deliver jobs, contracts, compensation and community projects fairly
  • Use mediation to reach clear, verified agreements and restart safely
  • Rebuild trust, fix internal causes and give the board oversight of social performance

Course outline

  1. Anatomy of a blockade
  2. The first hours
  3. Listening and grievances
  4. Environment, safety and the facts
  5. Government, police, courts and human rights
  6. Benefits, jobs and local content
  7. Mediation and agreements
  8. Operations, contractors and restarting safely
  9. Rebuilding trust and governance
  10. Boardroom simulation

What is included

  • 9 lessons On a live whiteboard, with an AI instructor who answers from the lesson and cites its source. Questions can go to faculty.
  • A virtual boardroom simulation Face AI board members in a fictional crisis. Scored against a clear rubric (pass mark 75), checked by a person when it is close, with an appeal.
  • A verifiable certificate A certificate of completion with a QR code, with a public page where anyone can check it is genuine. It is not a regulated or accredited qualification.

Level: Boardroom · About 240 minutes · Access for 365 days