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We are delighted to announce the appointment of Evans Mulera as the Head of the African Professionalisation Initiative Secretariat, with effect from 1 June 2022. Following a rigorous selection process, we are pleased that this resulted in the selection of a candidate who has a detailed understanding of the accounting profession in the public sector.…

The European Union (EU) and the Office of the Auditor General of Zambia (OAGZ) Twinning Project was officially launched on 5 April. The Twinning Project, which is supported by the EU under the programme “Support to Effectiveness”, is focused on peer-to-peer institutional support to OAGZ. The objective of the project is to provide technical support…

Evaluation shows that OAG Zambia and OAG Norway’s peer-to-peer cooperation has contributed to improve the overall capacity of OAGZ, although the results achieved vary largely across working areas. ICT security audits and compliance audit in the mining sector shows the best results.

Pocket Guide with considerations for SAIs to prepare before, and respond during and after disaster situations Sub-Saharan Africa is prone to frequent disasters, including floods, storms, epidemics and droughts. Disasters, both natural and man-made, often occur with little warning and can have significant human, economic and social impact. This has certainly been the case with…

In this issue, we are very pleased to announce the publication of the AFROSAI-E 2022 Operational Plan and the expanded Integrated Competency Framework (2nd edition), as well as the confirmed dates for the in-person 2022 Governing Board meeting. It has also been a busy month in the region with in-person workshops taking place in Eswatini, Uganda, Mozambique and…

The African Professionalisation Initiative (API) is hiring! The API is on the hunt for a dynamic individual to provide strategic leadership, advice, and support to ensure that the API discharges its mandate and obligations, consistent with serving the public interest and strengthening the accountancy profession in Africa and beyond. The Head of the Secretariat will…

The INTOSAI Development Initiative (IDI) is commissioning a mid-term review of its support to SAI South Sudan, being implemented as the NAC Strategic Change Project 2020-2025. Interested vendors are requested to submit their bids by 8 February 2022. Click here to view the Terms of Reference.

The AFROSAI-E Secretariat offices will be closed from 16 December 2021 to 9 January 2022. In reflecting on the past year, we are encouraged that despite the ongoing disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, our region has remained steadfast and committed to improving audit impact. While travel was still severely restricted in 2021, we were…

In partnership with the GIZ GFG in Africa Programme, we continue to roll out the Public Financial Management Reporting Framework (PFM RF). So far, we have rolled it out in 14 countries, and Malawi has now become the 15th country to join the ranks. In November 2021, a team of auditors from SAI Malawi were…