Ten years of experience with local content in the extractive sector across French-speaking Africa, working with governments, companies and regulators.
“Local content” refers to policies and practices that encourage, or require, extractive companies (mining, oil and gas) to use local resources, labour, suppliers and other local economic actors in their operations.
Kanaga Consulting has in-depth experience of local content in the extractive sector across French-speaking Africa, built over many projects in the past ten years: Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mauritania…
Our expertise
- Assessing local procurement and employment practices and performance
- Designing national local content strategies
- Developing local content plans for extractive companies
- Implementing local content plans
- Supporting regulators and promotion agencies
Selected projects
Local content strategy for the extractive industries
2021 · Client: Ministry of SMEs
The assignment was to design a local content strategy supporting current and future activities in the oil, gas and mining sectors. A baseline analysis identified opportunities and challenges; the strategy then set objectives, actions and concrete measures to increase local content. Terms of reference were also prepared for a monitoring portal to track and evaluate the strategy’s implementation.
Support to Guinea’s Subcontracting and Partnership Exchange (BSTP)
2019 · Client: GIZ
The assignment supported the operationalisation of the BSTP through a 2019–2021 strategic plan setting out objectives, actions and the roles of the BSTP and its partners. It included a strategic planning workshop with the board, a detailed organisation chart and a standards and procedures manual. A resource and partner mobilisation strategy was designed, along with the profile of a long-term technical adviser to support the plan’s implementation, the diversification of sectors covered, partnerships and staff capacity building.