PRO ALLY at NAPE 2023 — the largest exploration conference in sub-Sahara Africa. PRO ALLY partnered with the Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists to design and deliver the Strategic Communication, Crisis, and Stakeholder Management course, providing end-to-end programme design and facilitation. PRO ALLY led course concept development, curriculum design, faculty coordination, and delivery of an intensive, multi-module training experience, equipping energy professionals with practical crisis communication, media intelligence, stakeholder management, and strategic engagement skills across technical and operational disciplines.
Challenges
- Limited structured capacity-building platforms focused specifically on energy-sector communication, crisis management, and stakeholder engagement in Africa.
- Growing complexity of reputational, regulatory, and operational risks facing energy companies.
- Gap between technical energy expertise and strategic communication capability among industry professionals.
- Need for experiential, industry-relevant learning beyond conventional classroom-based training.
Strategy
- Designed and delivered a first-of-its-kind energy communication short course in Africa, tailored to oil and gas and extractive sector realities.
- Adopted a practical, experiential learning model combining case studies, simulations, class activities, and panel discussions.
- Integrated strategic communication, crisis response, stakeholder management, and media intelligence into a single curriculum.
- Convened industry practitioners, communication leaders, and C-suite executives to bridge theory and real-world expectations.
- Applied a "global local" approach, combining global best practices with Nigeria-specific industry context.
Results
- Strengthened participants' ability to manage communication challenges in high-risk energy environments.
- Improved understanding of how communication strategy influences public perception, crisis outcomes, and stakeholder trust.
- Equipped professionals with practical tools for media engagement, sentiment analysis, crisis planning, and stakeholder mapping.
- Established a replicable training model for energy-focused communication capacity development.
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