Posts tagged with africa

Accelerating beneficial ownership in Africa

news Karabo Rajuili, Maureen Kariuki and Edwin Wuadom Warden · Jul 2021

As the African Union marks the fifth edition of the African Anti-Corruption Day, sustaining momentum and accelerating the implementation of beneficial ownership disclosure will remain key in regional efforts to tackle corporate secrecy in Africa.

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Beneficial Ownership Transparency in Africa: 19 -20 May 2021

events Open Ownership · Apr 2021

Technical Roundtable: Advancing beneficial ownership disclosure in Africa Date: 20 May 2021

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Beneficial Ownership reform in Africa: analysing progress in Ghana, Kenya, and Nigeria

blogs Karabo Rajuili · Nov 2020

Ghana and Kenya recently launched Africa’s newest online central beneficial ownership (BO) registers in October of this year. In August, the much anticipated legislative basis for Nigeria’s central register of persons of significant control (PSC) was enacted through the Companies...

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Corruption, procurement and COVID-19 in Africa

blogs Professor Sope Williams-Elegbe · Jun 2020

The global crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has placed an unprecedented strain on public health systems and decimated economies, lives and livelihoods. In sub-Saharan Africa, the crisis is already showing signs of having a deeper social impact. Existing inequalities...

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