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Request for Expressions of Interest : API Implementation Consultant Zimbabwe
The AFROSAI-E has received financing from the African Development Bank towards the cost of the African Financial Integrity and Accountability Support Project (AFIAP) and intends to apply part of the agreed amount for this grant to payments under the contract for a consultant to coordinate and implement the API Learning Programme for Zimbabwe. Click here…
Read MoreSIDA and API Meet to Review 2023 Results on Strengthening Public Sector Accountability in Africa
Introduction In a significant step towards enhancing transparency and accountability in the African public sector, the Swedish International Cooperation and Development Agency (SIDA) and the African Public Sector Professionalisation Initiative (API) for government accountants and auditors convened a pivotal meeting on 15 November 2023. The purpose of the meeting was to review the performance and…
Read MoreAFROSAI-E Successfully Holds the Annual Technical Conference
Introduction The African Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions from English-speaking countries (AFROSAI-E) recently concluded its highly anticipated and successful 18th Technical Conference themed MOVE, which took place from the 7 to 9 November, 2023, in Pretoria, South Africa. The event provided a platform for delegates from Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) across the region to discuss…
Read MoreZimbabwe Strengthens Public Sector Accountability with Professionalisation Agreement
Introduction In a significant milestone for Zimbabwe’s public sector, a momentous ceremony was held on the 23 October 2023 to mark the signing of the Public Sector Accountants and Auditors Professionalisation Agreement. The agreement, signed between the Management Training Bureau of Zimbabwe (MTB), the Chartered Governance & Accountancy Institute in Zimbabwe (CGAIZ), and the African…
Read MoreAPI Takes part in the Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) Professionalisation Webinar
Introduction On 3 October 2023, an important webinar was held to address the pressing objective of professionalisation within Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) in the AFROSAI community. The event, organised by the Professionalisation Working Group of the Institutional and Technical Capacity Building Committee (ITCBC) of AFROSAI, in partnership with the Regional Forum of the Capacity Building…
Read MoreThe API Holds The First Virtual PFM Conference
Introduction The first African Professionalisation Initiative (API) Virtual Public Finance Management (PFM) Conference took place on 27 September 2023, creating a groundbreaking platform that brought together public sector accountants and auditors from across Africa. This landmark event marked a significant step toward enhancing professionalism and promoting best practices in the field of public finance management…
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Liberia Signs the MOU with API to Professionalise Public Sector Accountants and Auditors
Introduction Liberia, a West African nation, has taken a significant step towards strengthening the accountancy profession by professionalising their government accountants and auditors. The Liberian government recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the African Professionalisation Initiative (API). The signing ceremony took place in Monrovia on the 29 September 2023. This collaboration between Liberian…
Read MoreAPI and AAFA Partnership Reinforced at the 2023 AAFA Annual Conference
Introduction The African Professionalisation Initiative attended the 12th Annual African Accounting and Finance hosted by AAFA – the African Accounting and Finance Association between 5-8 September 2023. This was a momentous occasion, as Accra, Ghana, the venue of this year’s conference, represents a significant location in the history of AAFA, as it is where the…
Read MoreAPI Takes Part in the Inaugural Meeting of PAFA Audit Quality Review
Introduction The Pan African Federation of Accountants (PAFA) has successfully held its inaugural meeting of the Forum of Heads of Audit Quality Assurance Departments in Africa. The event took place on the 30 – 31 of August 2023 in Nairobi, Kenya. The Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK) played host to this important…
Read MoreAPI Meets with its Key Donor – SIDA
Overview In a significant step toward enhancing its professionalisation efforts, the African Professionalisation Initiative (API) Executive Committee members and secretariat staff held productive discussions with the Swedish International Cooperation and Development Agency (SIDA). SIDA is API’s main funder. The meeting took place on 10 August 2023. The API is grateful for the strong partnership and…
Read MoreCalling for Applications for Internships at The API – API Interns Pool (Database)
Deadline for submission: 31 October 2023 About The API The API is an independent non-profit organisation whose primary objective is to strengthen the capacity and knowledge base of accounting and auditing professionals in the African public sector to enhance accounting and auditing service delivery to the citizens of Africa.
Read MoreThe African Association of Accountants General – AAAG – Launched
Introduction “One does not force a pregnant woman to give birth” – African Proverb. The 6th of July 2023 will be remembered for centuries as the birthday of The African Association of Accountants General – AAAG. On this day, a special ceremony was held to welcome a new baby – The AAAG. Accountants General play…
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BICA and API Sign the API Professionalisation MOU
Background and Professionalisation Rationale BICA and API have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to professionalise public sector accountants and auditors in Botswana. There exists a severe shortage of public sector accounting and auditing professionals across Africa. The African Union Charter on Values and Principles of Public Service and Administration stresses in article 9 the…
Read MoreAPI Engages at the PAFA Events During the ACOA 2023
Introduction Professionals are continually encouraged to commit to lifelong learning by relentlessly pursuing acquisition of knowledge and ideas that prepare and position them for long-term success. The API took part in the seventh (7th) edition of the PAFA biannual conference – “Africa Congress of Accountants” that took place in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire from 15 to…
Read MoreThe API Takes Part in the AFROSAI-E Strategy Review Meeting
Introduction The African Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions from English speaking countries (AFROSAI-E) held its strategy review and Board meeting in Accra, Ghana from 8th to 12th May 2023. AFROSAI-E is one of the founding API partner organisations and plays a vital role of protection of the public interest. Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) are crucial…
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The API Holds its first CPD Event
Introduction Continuous learning is the trademark of human civilisation. What are some of the issues that have kept you busy, engaged and staying up late this year? Do you believe organisations have invested enough to respond to the evolving human, business, and technological challenges? The African Professionalisation Initiative – API – held its first Continuing…
Read MorePublic Sector Accounting and Auditing (PSAA) in Francophone Sub-Saharan Countries: Context, Practices and Implications for the African Professionalisation Initiative
This report, in collaboration with the African Accounting & Finance Association (AAFA), and authored by Dr Philippe Lassou (University of Guelph) and Professor Teerooven Soobaroyen (University of Essex), examines the institutional framework, national structures/institutions, and educational infrastructure pertaining to public sector accounting and auditing (PSAA) practices in Francophone Sub-Saharan African countries. This directly follows from…
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The API Meets with Global Partners at the World Congress of Accountants
Introduction – API and the PAFA Accountancy Day The API participated in the World Congress of Accountants (WCOA) that took place in Mumbai India from the 18th to the 21st of November 2022. The API team had an opportunity to take part in the rich and intellectually stimulating knowledge exploration sessions while holding side-line meetings…
Read MoreAPI Presents at the Parliamentary Accounts Committees Conference
The Africa Organisation of Parliamentary Accounts Committees (AFROPAC) Conference took place from the 31st of October to the 4th of November 2022 in Monrovia, Liberia. The theme of the conference was “Collect comprehensively, borrow wisely, spend efficiently: Public Finance Oversight in a time of pandemic recovery”. This successful conference was sponsored by GIZ and AFROPAC.…
Read MoreZimbabwe – The First Country to Implement the API Program
The Government of Zimbabwe has scored another first by becoming the first country to sign up for the African Professionalisation Initiative that aims to drive the success of Public Sector Accountants and Auditors Professionalisation. This will result in the achievement of an African public sector capacitated with competent, ethical, and influential professionals who support accountability,…
Read MoreAPI Exhibits at the AFROSAI-E Tech Conference
API staff took part in the AFROSAI-E hybrid (in-person and virtual) Technical conference from 18 to 20 October 2022 in Pretoria, South Africa. Themed “Connect”, the conference brought together Auditors General and their key staff to consider key priorities that will affect the role and impact of Supreme Audit Institutions – SAIs – towards effective…
Read MoreAPI Supports The AAAG Agenda – ISC Meeting Held – Abidjan, Côte d’ Ivoire
The API took part in the African Association of Accountants General – AAAG Interim Steering Committee (ISC) meeting held recently in Côte d’Ivoire. The head of the API, Evans Mulera took part in the meeting as a representative of the Pan African Federation of Accountants (a partner organisation to the API) – PAFA.
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The API and AAFA Driving Collaboration
The African Professionalisation Initiative – API – team took part in the African Accounting and Finance Association – AAFA – annual conference in Cairo, Egypt from the 5th to the 9th of September 2022. The Conference was officially opened by the Minister for Finance of Egypt. He was accompanied by the country’s minister for Education…
Read MoreSIDA Holds Meeting with API Leadership
The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) held a strategic meeting with the API leadership on the 23rd of August 2022. SIDA is a key donor of the API program, and its funding support is channelled through the AFROSAI-E, which hosts the API secretariat. The agenda of the meeting was to provide updates on progress…
Read MoreAPI Hosts Hybrid Board Meeting in Zimbabwe
The African Professionalisation Initiative (API) is an opportunity to grow the capacity of public sector accountancy professionals through partnership with various stakeholders, with the aim of achieving greater accountability and transparency in the African public sector.
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Read MoreEvans Mulera appointed as Head of African Professionalisation Initiative (API) Secretariat
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.…
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