1. Working On The Frontier
Jake Stratton
Control Risks

2. A world of opportunity?

3. Identifying the risks Political volatility Policy stability
Partnership risk
Security of assets
Employee safety
Forewarned is forearmed!

4. Scenarios, signposts, flashpoints and triggers
Political volatility
Scenarios, signposts, flashpoints and triggers

5. Politics and business
Clearly very uncertain political climate – uncertain operating conditions for foreign business: 26 national elections, plus many at local level (Niger just had first round of local elections)
Impact on business from contract risk (Guinea – Pres Condé vet opp leader)
Cote d’Ivoire - Pres Outtara since ouster of Laurent Gbagbo
DRC – Pres Joseph Kabila
Extremism (Nigeria – Pres Goodluck Jonathan)
RSA – ANC factional tensions, Pres Jacob Zuma / ANC Youth League Pres Julius Malema. Pressure from the ANC's left-wing allies in the tripartite alliance and more radical ANC members such as Malema: tensions over policy direction.
Madagascar - Ravalomanana replaced by Rajoelina in 2009
Kenya – Pres Kibaki (Kikuyu tribe), succeeded Daniel arap Moi (‘78-’02)
As if political/security risk on land not enough, note grey patches on map – maritime security threats (of which more later)
YET huge potential: extractives (traditional key markets like Nigeria, Tanzania, DRC, but new kids on the block: Liberia [corruption problem] and Mozambique)
Other sectors: financial services, infrastructure, consumer goods, food and agriculture.
26 PRESIDENTIAL AND/OR LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS IN AFRICA IN 2012
26 April 2017

6. Partnership risk How is the partner company connected?
Political connections: asset or liability?
Managing the culture

7. Securing your business
Proprietary information
Corporate integrity
Business continuity
Physical assets
Employees

8. Securing your employees
A variety of measures enable companies to fulfill their duty of care and engender confidence:
Corporate policies and procedures (specific allocation of responsibility, incident management teams etc)
Information (country and city-specific security information, real-time travel alerts and advisories, hotlines etc)
Technology (Travel tracking, e-learning tools)
Training and orientation (hostile environments, incident management, travel security etc)
Vulnerability surveys (residential, workplace, travel)
Physical protection

9. Systematic risk management
Due Diligence
Security Policy & Training
Country Risk Analysis
Fraud Risk Management
Planning
Implementing
Crisis Planning
Contingency Planning
Market & Competitor Analysis
IT Security
24-Hour Support
Pre-Employment Screening
Monitoring Risks
Investigations
Responding
Managing
Corporate responsibility
Crisis Response
Security audits & Training
Forensic Services