blogs Tymon Kiepe · Mar 2021
On the eve of Brexit in December 2020, the UK government published the Green Paper “Transforming public procurement”. It details plans to “shape the future of public procurement in [the UK] for many years to come,” by “speed[ing] up and...
blogs Karabo Rajuili · Feb 2021
Fairness, equity, transparency, competitiveness, and cost-effectiveness – these are the constitutional principles which guide public procurement in South Africa. Yet, the public procurement landscape has been marred with ongoing cases of fraud and corruption. “Thieves were waiting at the door”...
blogs Jack Lord · Jan 2021
Dr Jack Lord is a Member and Director at Open Data Services Cooperative and a leading expert on integrating the data and policy aspects of open data. He is the current lead author of the Beneficial Ownership Standard and, with...
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...