Operational Risk
Crisis management, travel security and business-continuity guidance for organisations keeping people and operations safe on the ground.
8 articles
Dilemma 04 — Taiwan Strait: The Supply-Chain Shock African Operations Are Not Planning For
A Taiwan contingency would hit shipping capacity, electronics, generators and communications kit across Africa within weeks. Continuity plans rarely model it.
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.