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20 May 15
Accountants across Africa need to move out of their offices and engage with governments and politicians, the Africa Congress of Accountants has been told.
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20 May 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from the Middle East & Africa you might have missed.
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20 May 15
The World Bank is to provide $73.6m for a road improvement programme in Mozambique to help repair roads affected by floods in the country.
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20 May 15
Growth in sub-Sahara Africa is expected to slow to 4.5% this year, due to the sharp decline in oil prices, the International Monetary Fund said, down on the 5% forecast a year ago.
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19 May 15
The head of the African Development Bank has responded swiftly to predictions that economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa will slow this year, claiming that ‘Africa is still rising’.
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14 May 15
Social media highlights from the first plenary on the last day of the Africa Congress of Accountants focussed on the war on corruption and illicit financial flows from Africa.
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13 May 15
African countries preparing to move into extractive industries need to put appropriate tax arrangements in place quickly or risk missing out on the revenue potential, an international tax expert has...
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12 May 15
The chief executive of the Pan African Federation of Accountants talks to Public Finance International about illicit finance flows, the role of accountants and his reflections on ACOA 2015
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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
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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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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7 Oct 13
Governments across Africa need to encourage the creation of jobs through an expansion in public private partnerships, Uganda’s minister for finance, planning and economic development said today