Content Pillar
Operational Risk
Crisis management, travel security and business-continuity guidance for organisations keeping people and operations safe on the ground.
9 articles
Access Is Renegotiated at Every Checkpoint: Humanitarian Access in Fragmented Control
Authorisation obtained in a capital increasingly fails to travel. Mapping gatekeepers by route segment, holding red lines and protecting acceptance.
Third-Party Risk in African Delivery Chains: The Sub-Contractor You Have Never Met
Diversion and sanctions exposure concentrate one relationship below your principal partner. Tiering due diligence by exposure and verifying it on a schedule.
Building a Travel Risk Management Programme That Works in Africa
Traveller registers, destination tiers, journey management and the duty-of-care evidence trail, how to build a programme that holds up after an incident.
Airports, Hotels and Ground Transport: Where Travellers Are Actually Exposed
The three settings that produce most traveller incidents in African cities, and the low-cost controls that materially reduce exposure.
Business Continuity for Africa Operations: Planning for Compound Disruption
Why imported continuity plans fail in African markets, impact analysis, local dependency chains, ISO 22301 alignment and exercising that proves capability.
Preparing Staff for High-Risk Deployments: Somalia, the Sahel and Eastern DRC
Selection, medical clearance, communications, proof of life and the relocation triggers that make a controlled deployment survivable.
Internet Shutdowns, Power and Cash: The Continuity Risks Plans Keep Missing
Election-period network restriction, generator fuel runtime and payroll liquidity, the infrastructure dependencies that decide whether operations continue.
Your Crisis Plan Is Untested: What Exercising Reveals in the First Twenty Minutes
Activation, roles, welfare and communications discipline, how to exercise a crisis plan with the roster that would actually take the call.
From Crisis Plan to Crisis Capability: Building Teams That Perform Under Pressure
Beyond written plans, how to build a crisis team that can actually execute in African operating environments.