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Resilience and Regrowth: adopting the new mindset for African mining was the theme for the first ever virtual Mining Indaba. This global event, which normally takes place annually in Cape Town, included multi-stakeholder discussions with Africa’s most prevalent CEOs and influential figures and investors from the public and private sector.  While the pandemic necessitated a virtual…

About 3.5 billion people live in countries rich in oil, gas or minerals. With good governance and transparent management, the revenues from extractive industries can have an impact on reducing poverty and boosting shared prosperity, while respecting community needs and the environment.[1] Historically, however, the extractive industries have often contributed to many of the challenges…

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Mr Aghughu Adolphus Arhotomhenla as the Auditor-General of the Federation. The Senate confirmed his appointment last week and the President of the Senate, Mr Ahmad Lawan, noted that providing the required support to the office of the Auditor-General for the Federation would not only guarantee effectiveness and efficiency, but ensure…

INTOSAI P-12 (The value and benefits of SAIs) emphasises that auditors remain relevant and trusted professionals in the public sector by complying with several principles, including capacity building through promoting learning and knowledge sharing (Principle 12). It is therefore important that the SAI environment promotes continuous learning and upskilling. We support this principle by implementing…

Launching 22 February on the AFROSAI-E Learning Portal A core part of managing a modern SAI is to ensure that the organisation can achieve success and realise its strategic goals through its people. This course will guide SAIs to understand what modern Human Resource Management entails and how HR can support the implementation of the…

In line with our strategic goals, we have been working to capacitate SAIs to improve oversight by performing value adding audits. This includes auditing various donor fund grants implemented by state principal recipients. It is our strategic view that a critical ingredient to improving oversight of donor fund grants, is building strong relationships between key…

During the INCOSAI conference in 2016, theme discussions on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) brought to the forefront the vital role of SAIs in contributing to their achievement. In response, AFROSAI-E and the GIZ Good Financial Governance in Africa Programme teamed up to develop the Public Financial Management Reporting Framework (PFM RF). This tool was…

Ms Tsakani Maluleke has been appointed the new Auditor General of South Africa. This is the first time in the SAIs’ 109-year history that this position is held by a woman. Ms Maluleke’s fixed seven-year term started on 1 December 2020. Following a rigorous selection process by a multi-party ad hoc committee and on recommendation…