Communication for Community Development in Africa’s Extractive Sector Engagement, Participation, and Impact

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Introduction

Kizito Ogedi Alakwe and Silk Ugwu Ogbu

1. Framing Communication, Community Engagement, and Development in Africa’s Extractive Industries

Kizito Ogedi Alakwe, Emmanuel Ezimako Nzeaka and Silk Ugwu Ogbu

2. Mapping Africa’s Extractive Outputs - Oil and Gas, Solid Minerals and Timber

Kizito Ogedi Alakwe

3. Muted Voices: A Review of Structural Alienation of Communities in    Extractive Industries Decision-making Processes – Case of Mineral Explorations in Western and North-Western Zambia

Mulambwa Mwanang’ono

4. Agitations as a Form of Engagement for Host Communities-Examining the Flipsides of Agitations in the Extractive Industry in Nigeria

Marcellus Izuegbu Ekwezuo

5. Deconstructing Ferment for Inclusiveness, Equity and Diversity in Africa’s Extractive Industry through Community Engagement Paradigm

Princewell Nwanganga Achor, Gloria Eberechukwu Nwodu and Chika Tonia Ezeali

6. An Examination of the Alternative Mining Indaba as a Platform for Deliberative Dialogue for Mining Communities in Zimbabwe

Tinashe Gumbo

7. Strengthening Community Engagement for Sustainable Development in English-Speaking Cameroon-From Social Inquiry (SI) to to Community of Practice (CoPs)

Eric S. Mbuh

8. Enhancing Sustainable Development through Effective Community Engagement - Evidence from Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL)

Emmanuel Ogbeide Imafidon and Ogechi Adeola

9. Watchdog or Lapdog - Media Role in Africa’s Extractive Industry and Mining Activities

Eric Msughter Aondover

10. Marginalisation of Indigenous Communities by Government and Mining Companies in Zimbabwe-A Multiculturalism Accommodation Approach

Limukani Mathe and Gilbert Motsaathebe

11. Responding to Protracted Mineral-led Conflicts in the Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo - A Community-Based Approach

Magha-A-Ngimba Charles GIMBA

12. Towards Community Participation and Engagement in Zimbabwe’s Mining Frontier - The Case of Diamond Mining in Marange

Tafadzwa Maukazuva, Tapiwa Prosper Chimbadzwa, and Tinashe Raphael Matika

13. The Extractive Industry and the Implementation of Africa’s Development Agenda 2063: An Assessment of the Role of Communication, Community Engagement and Knowledge Mobilisation

Adetola Oyegbile

14. Communication and community development in Africa-Catalysing the development of extractives’ host communities with the ABCD approach

Silk Ugwu Ogbu

15. Rethinking Dialogism and Freire’s Participatory Paradigm in Managing Trust Deficit in the African Extractive Industry

Kizito Ogedi Alakwe

16. Beyond Communication-Integrating Governance, Community Agency and Sectoral Reform for Sustainable Extractive Development

Kizito Ogedi Alakwe and Silk Ugwu Ogbu

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Biography

Kizito Ogedi Alakwe is a development communication specialist and a scholar in the School of Media and Communication at the Pan-Atlantic University, Lagos-Nigeria. His scholarly work critically examines the intersections of communication, governance, participation, and social change, especially within resource-rich and marginalised African communities. Beyond academia, he has extensive consulting experience across the telecommunications, media, maritime, and development sectors, with particular expertise in stakeholder engagement, participatory communication, and community-centered development initiatives.

Silk Ugwu Ogbu is a scholar in the Lagos Business School at the Pan-Atlantic University, Lagos-Nigeria. His research interests span strategic communication, corporate communication, organisational behaviour, leadership, sustainability, and stakeholder engagement. His scholarly work examines the intersections of business, communication, governance, and sustainable development, with particular emphasis on ethical leadership, corporate accountability, and the role of communication in fostering organisational and societal transformation.