2024 Anti-Corruption Seminar of the African Development Bank Group

4 September 2024
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What: Anticorruption/Integrity Seminar

Who: Governance and Economic Reforms Department, African Development Bank Group

When: Tuesday, 24 September 2024, from 9am to 12:30 noon (GMT)

Where: Room 02S01-02-03, African Development Bank's CCIA Building, Abidjan and via Zoom - Registration link

This Seminar aims to recast the narrative around anti-corruption efforts, emphasising their economic, governance and ethical benefits in the African context.

Organized by the Governance and Economic Reforms department (ECGF) of the African Development Bank, the seminar will showcase African countries' anti-corruption successes and unique challenges, while also demonstrating the significant economic returns that such efforts offer.

Objectives of the Seminar:

  • Enhance understanding and increase awareness of the specific challenges faced by African countries in combating corruption and the effective strategies to address them
  • Demonstrate economic benefits of anti-corruption measures and how they can directly boost the financial health of nations through asset recovery and the imposition of fines on corrupt entities
  • Promote engagement and foster greater investment and commitment to anti-corruption measures from African nations by showcasing their potential economic advantages.

Confirmed Speakers:

  • Martha CHIZUMA - Former Head of Malawi Anti-Corruption Agency (panelist)
  • Juliet IBEKAKU-NWAGWU - Founder, African Center for Governance, Asset Recovery and Sustainable Development; Former Director, Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (panelist)
  • Iker LEKUONA - Director, ICAR Basel Institute on Governance (panelist)
  • Lloydette BAI-MARROW, Founding Partner, Parametric Global Consulting; Former Principal Investigative Lawyer, Serious Fraud Office United Kingdom (panelist)
  • Simplice ANGAN, Procureur Adjoint au Pôle Pénal Economique et Financier de Cote d'Ivoire (panelist)
  • Akere MUNA, Barrister, Leading Counter-Corruption Expert, Goodwill Ambassador of the ALSF, Former Sanctions Commissioner of the African Development Bank, Member of the High-Level Panel on Illicit Financial Flows from Africa (panelist)
  • Abdoulaye COULIBALY, Director of ECGF (Keynote speaker)
  • Charity Hanene NCHIMUNYA, Executive Secretary of the African Union Advisory Board against Corruption (Keynote speaker)

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