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MSc Extractives Governance and Local Content (Online)

African Future University

African Future University

Master's

MSc Extractives Governance and Local Content (Online)

African Future University

African Future University (online)

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Tuition

Free (online)

Degree

M.Sc.

Delivery

Full-time · Online

Duration

2 years (18 mo)

Language & requirements

Taught in: English, French

Tuition fees

  • INTERNATIONALFree (online)

About African Future University

Fully online African digital university with French and English pathways.

Overview

This tuition-free online MSc at African Future University is for civil servants, community liaison staff, and local-content officers who must read extractives files without becoming the company’s lawyer or the ministry’s geologist. You will study contracts, royalties, local-content reporting, and grievance mechanisms as administrative practice. English and French assessment options match how many producing states still file. Rural host-community cases are required. The degree does not confer a mining licence and does not employ you at any company or continental body. Capstones use public or anonymised files, not insider trading in rumours.

Delivered fully online with live seminars, recorded lectures, and tutor support.

**Award:** African Future University **Credits:** 36 | **Typical duration:** 2 years (18 months)

Course structure

4 terms · 16 modules · 36 credits

Module 1: Contracts as texts

  • AFU701·Licences, PSCs, and Mining Conventions for Non-Lawyers
    3 credits
  • AFU702·Royalties, Taxes, and Reconciliation Failures
    3 credits
  • AFU703·Stabilisation and Renegotiation Politics
    3 credits
  • AFU704·Ethics of Information Asymmetry
    3 credits

Module 2: Local content

  • AFU705·Employment, Procurement, and Category Inflation
    3 credits
  • AFU706·SME Linkages that Survive Boom-Bust
    3 credits
  • AFU707·Skills Plans versus Training Theatre
    3 credits
  • AFU708·AfCFTA Services and Procurement Paperwork
    3 credits

Module 3: Communities

  • AFU709·Grievance Mechanisms that Reach the Village
    3 credits
  • AFU710·EN/FR Extractives Administration Documents
    3 credits
  • AFU711·Land, Resettlement, and Traditional Authorities
    3 credits
  • AFU712·Digital Portals when Connectivity Fails
    3 credits

Module 4: Capstone

  • AFU713·Governance Research Methods
    3 credits
  • AFU714·Public-File Diagnosis
    3 credits
  • AFU715·Writing for Districts and Ministries
    3 credits
  • AFU716·Capstone: Local-Content or Grievance File
    3 credits

Learning outcomes

  • Apply discipline-specific theory to complex professional problems
  • Design and execute research or applied projects to postgraduate standard
  • Communicate findings clearly to academic and industry audiences
  • Demonstrate ethical, inclusive practice in global workplaces
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