Region: Africa and the Middle East

To develop Kenya’s third action plan, the country increased participation of CSOs, however, without deepening their involvement to share the decision-making power and increasing the ambition of the pl..

Ghana’s third action plan aimed to promote access to information and civic participation to prevent corruption in different public policy areas. As in previous action plans, the passing of the Right t..

Malick Lingani tells us how organizations and international partners are helping French-speaking OGP members strengthen their open government efforts and other countries in the region get closer to joining OGP.

In August 2020, President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria signed the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA), putting in place a new registry that will enhance corporate accountability and transparency by disclosing persons with significant control of companies...

Nigeria’s first action plan initiated open government reforms such as civic engagement in the budget process and open contracting. Ongoing civil society support often drove commitment implementation. ..

Despite positive steps taken on international, regional and national levels to promote strategies for women’s economic empowerment and inclusion, evidence still suggests that women are being excluded from public procurement processes.

In 2021, the Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) published the design report for Cabo Verde's first action plan. The report covers the action plan development process and the design of commitments. ..

Growing debt over the last two decades has left many resource-rich African countries on the verge of debt crises. Read how open government approaches can help.

The relationship and collaboration between the Kenyan government and civil society organisations (CSOs) has been complex, to say the least. It ranges from big reform wins like the promulgation of the ..