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Extractives governance fails in the annex nobody reads: a local-content report that counts catering as transformation, a grievance log that never reaches the district, a royalty figure that cannot be reconciled. This programme starts with those documents. You will interrogate a contract summary, map a benefit-sharing process, and write a community note that does not pretend you hold an engineering stamp. African Future University centres host communities and subnational governments because capital ESG slides hide the constraint set. Digital transparency portals are examined for what they omit when connectivity is poor. AfCFTA appears only as procurement and services paperwork, not as a secretariat job. The award is academic. It is not a mining licence, not PE/CEng, and not employment by any oil or minerals firm. It is for officers who must keep a local-content file honest when the haul road is the only politics that matters. You will compare a national local-content report with a village grievance log that never reached the district. Identity-checked exams use public or anonymised texts. No mining licence and no company secondment are implied. Study is tuition-free online aside from the examination fee. MSc Extractives Governance and Local Content is taught as one award, not a list of unrelated modules. The published length is 18 months, and the credit total is 36. Students move from Licences, PSCs, and Mining Conventions for Non-Lawyers through Licences, PSCs, and Mining Conventions for Non-Lawyers; Royalties, Taxes, and Reconciliation Failures; Stabilisation and Renegotiation Politics; Employment, Procurement, and Category Inflation; SME Linkages that Survive Boom-Bust; Skills Plans versus Training Theatre, and finish on Writing for Districts and Ministries. Each course has a question, a method, and a submission. In this field, students say who decides, under which rule, and draft a note a professional could read. Reading is a statute or instrument, a case or policy paper, and a commentary. The artefact a marker expects is a memo or draft clause with sources and a revision note. The award is built so that a graduate can do the following in practice: Read a contract or licence summary for governance risks Interrogate a local-content report for category inflation Design a grievance pathway a rural community can actually use Teaching assumes the student can read a source, attempt a problem before the seminar, and revise after feedback. Attendance at live seminars is part of the design. The capstone or final course must use the methods of the earlier courses; a project that ignores them does not pass. This course is academic. It does not admit the student to practise law and it is not a qualifying law degree. The pages for each course name the topics that are examined. Those topics are the syllabus. A brochure line is not a substitute for them.
Thirty-six credits: contracts and fiscal terms as texts, local content and procurement, community governance, and a public-file capstone. Identity-checked exams. No subsurface licence is implied.
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Tuition is free. Examinations are free. There is no exam fee. Study from anywhere in the world.
| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
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| AFU701 | Licences, PSCs, and Mining Conventions for Non-Lawyers Students explain who decides, under which rule, in one dispute or policy choice. The module is Licences, PSCs, and Mining Conventions for Non-Lawyers.
| 3 |
| AFU702 | Royalties, Taxes, and Reconciliation Failures Students write both sides of a problem and say which facts would change the result. The module is Royalties, Taxes, and Reconciliation Failures.
| 3 |
| AFU703 | Stabilisation and Renegotiation Politics Students draft a policy note, clause, or briefing a professional could use. The module is Stabilisation and Renegotiation Politics.
| 3 |
| AFU704 | Ethics of Information Asymmetry Students complete a supervised paper. This is not a qualifying law degree and does not confer a right of audience. The module is Ethics of Information Asymmetry.
| 3 |
| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
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| AFU705 | Employment, Procurement, and Category Inflation Students explain who decides, under which rule, in one dispute or policy choice. The module is Employment, Procurement, and Category Inflation.
| 3 |
| AFU706 | SME Linkages that Survive Boom-Bust Students write both sides of a problem and say which facts would change the result. The module is SME Linkages that Survive Boom-Bust.
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| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
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| AFU709 | Grievance Mechanisms that Reach the Village Students explain who decides, under which rule, in one dispute or policy choice. The module is Grievance Mechanisms that Reach the Village.
| 3 |
| AFU710 | EN/FR Extractives Administration Documents Students write both sides of a problem and say which facts would change the result. The module is EN/FR Extractives Administration Documents.
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| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
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| AFU713 | Governance Research Methods Students explain who decides, under which rule, in one dispute or policy choice. The module is Governance Research Methods.
| 3 |
| AFU714 | Public-File Diagnosis Students write both sides of a problem and say which facts would change the result. The module is Public-File Diagnosis.
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Modules are assessed through a published mix of coursework, applied projects, and examinations. Exam windows are announced in advance so students in other time zones are not forced into overnight sittings. Alternative arrangements are available where documented.
The published duration is 18 months. Teaching language: English + French assessment options. Actual time-to-complete depends on mode and any recognised prior learning.
This is a fully online award. You study from your country. No student visa and no campus relocation are required.
Degree tuition for this award is published as £0 / tuition-free on the online pathway. Examination or administrative fees may apply at checkout — never an annual tuition invoice. Check the Fees page for any extras.
Requirements are grouped on this page (academic, English, documents). Equivalent qualifications are considered. English may be waived after prior English-medium study.
Assessment is typically a mix of coursework, projects, and examinations. Doctoral awards include a thesis or dissertation and an oral examination. Details sit in the programme specification and module outlines.
Recognition of the award for local employment, professional licence, or ministry attestation is decided by your employer or regulator. African Future University publishes verification pages for certificates. We do not claim automatic equivalence in every country.
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| AFU707 | Skills Plans versus Training Theatre Students draft a policy note, clause, or briefing a professional could use. The module is Skills Plans versus Training Theatre.
| 3 |
| AFU708 | AfCFTA Services and Procurement Paperwork Students complete a supervised paper. This is not a qualifying law degree and does not confer a right of audience. The module is AfCFTA Services and Procurement Paperwork.
| 3 |
| 3 |
| AFU711 | Land, Resettlement, and Traditional Authorities Students draft a policy note, clause, or briefing a professional could use. The module is Land, Resettlement, and Traditional Authorities.
| 3 |
| AFU712 | Digital Portals when Connectivity Fails Students complete a supervised paper. This is not a qualifying law degree and does not confer a right of audience. The module is Digital Portals when Connectivity Fails.
| 3 |
| 3 |
| AFU715 | Writing for Districts and Ministries Students draft a policy note, clause, or briefing a professional could use. The module is Writing for Districts and Ministries.
| 3 |
| AFU716 | Capstone: Local-Content or Grievance File Students complete a supervised paper. This is not a qualifying law degree and does not confer a right of audience. The module is Capstone: Local-Content or Grievance File.
| 3 |