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12 May 15
Social media highlights of the morning plenaries on the first full day of the Africa Congress of Accountants 2015 in Mauritius.
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12 May 15
Ian Ball of CIPFA International spoke to PF International about public sector governance and Africa's progress at ACOA 2015 in Mauritius.
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12 May 15
Terence Nombembe, SAICA chief executive and board member of PAFA, talks to PF International about public sector accounting in Africa at the ACOA 2015 conference in Mauritius.
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12 May 15
Lee Burns, honorary professor of taxation law at the University of Sydney, talks to PF International about Africa's taxation challenges.
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12 May 15
IFAC president Olivia Kirtley talked to Public Finance International at ACOA 2015 about the challenges facing women in the accountancy profession
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12 May 15
Rotimi Otomoso, chief executive of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria talks to Public Finance International about what PAOs should do to be successful.
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12 May 15
Brian Blood of CAPA talks about the organisation's maturity model at the ACOA 2015 conference in Mauritius.
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12 May 15
Renaud Seligmann, Practice Manager, Public Resources Mobilization and Management Unit, World Bank talks to Public Finance International about the importance of PFM, the effect of the Ebola crisis and...
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11 May 15
Public Finance International attended the opening ceremony of ACOA 2015 in Mauritius on Monday 11 May, 2015.
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11 May 15
The third Africa Congress of Accountants opened in Mauritius today with a plea for better public sector accountancy, from training through to financial monitoring and reporting.
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5 May 15
Like many African countries, Nigeria struggles to collect the taxes it needs to fund its social and economic ambitions. Judith Ugwumadu reports on barriers to better revenue raising
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21 Apr 15
Ministers from across Africa have said additional funding for low-carbon energy schemes across the continent must be part of any global deal to tackle climate change reached later this year.
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1 Apr 15
The government of Tunisia must become more transparent if it is to complete its economic transformation following the Arab Spring, a senior International Monetary Fund figure has said.
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25 Mar 15
CIPFA has been confirmed as the first official global media partner for the African Congress of Accountants (ACOA).
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20 Mar 15
CIPFA has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) to boost public financial management in the West African country.
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10 Mar 15
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa underlined the importance of preparedness – those countries with plans and systems in place contained the disease relatively successfully. Judith Ugwumadu reports on...
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10 Mar 15
The IMF has said that Nigeria needs to broaden its revenue base. Introducing parking charges would be a good first step.
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10 Mar 15
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa underlined the importance of preparedness – those countries with plans and systems in place contained the disease relatively successfully. Judith Ugwumadu...
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12 Nov 14
Africa is still rising, just more slowly, says the billionaire behind an index that measures its annual progress. And now it's got Ebola to contend with too
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7 Oct 14
Africa’s successful growth story is partly down to improvements in economic and financial management, the new executive director of the Macroeconomic and Financial Management Institute of...
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24 Jun 14
Big-data analytics has been making a major impact on cities as far apart as New York and Baghdad, saving lives and money in the process. Now the latest stage in the information revolution looks set...
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5 Jun 14
A round-up of recent public finance news articles from the Middle East & Africa you might have missed.
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27 May 14
The value for money agenda that drives the outsourcing of public services is also changing the way development money is spent globally. Could results-based financing be the future of aid?
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18 Feb 14
Local government finance in the Philippines is to be reviewed and reformed in order to boost the amount of revenue raised through municipal agencies
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9 Jan 14
Zimbabwe has failed in its bid to qualify for a new loan from international lenders and has been told to clear its arrears before it can receive funds