AAAG Announces Theme for the 4th annual Conference as Anticipation Builds for Continental Event in Eswatini
The Executive Committee of the African Association of Accountants General has approved the theme for the 2026 Annual Conference: “From Reform to Results: Driving Accountable, Impactful and Resilient Public Finance […]
AAAG releases Guide on Government-Wide Risk Management
The African Association of Accountants General has released a Model Government-Wide Integrated Risk Management (GW-IRM) Guide, a new framework designed to help African governments address critical national risks. This release […]
AAAG Model Government-Wide Integrated Risk Management Guide
The African Association of Accountants General (AAAG) presents this Model Government-Wide Integrated Risk Management (GW-IRM) Guide as a strategic reference framework to support Member Countries in strengthening their national capacity […]
AAAG Framework for Detection of Illicit Financial Flows: A Strategic and Operational Guide for Offices of Accountants-General in Africa
Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs) continue to undermine domestic resource mobilisation, distort public financial management systems, and weaken fiscal sovereignty across Africa. Offices of Accountants General, by virtue of their control […]
Rethinking the Strategic Role of the Accountant General in Africa
A new research paper released by the African Association of Accountants General (AAAG) reexamines traditional views of public financial management in Africa. Co-authored with researchers from Aston University, the study […]
Embedding Artificial Intelligence into PFM: Strengthening Efficiency, Transparency and Accountability
Artificial intelligence is increasingly presented as a solution, but the real policy challenge is not simply whether governments should adopt AI. It is whether they can adopt it responsibly, in […]
Natural Capital Accounting: Unlocking Domestic Resources and Strengthening Fiscal Resilience
Africa is rich in natural wealth, but it still captures too little long-term fiscal value from it. Minerals, forests, land, water systems, biodiversity, and other ecosystem assets underpin livelihoods, exports, […]
Optimising Public Debt in Africa: Building Trust, Fiscal Credibility and Sustainable Development
Africa’s development ambitions continue to outpace available domestic resources, making sovereign borrowing an unavoidable instrument of fiscal policy. The policy problem is not borrowing per se; it is weak debt […]
Embracing Accrual IPSAS To Strengthen Fiscal Transparency And Improve Decision-Making
Across much of Africa, governments still make long-term fiscal decisions using short-horizon financial information. Cash and modified-cash systems help monitor liquidity and budget execution, but they do not provide a […]
Institutional Capacity Building Framework Assessment Report
The Institutional Capacity Building Framework (ICBF) assessment provides a comprehensive, evidence-based evaluation of institutional capacity from eight (8) Offices of the Accountant General within AAAG membership who responded to the […]
Enhancing The Strategic Role of the Office of The Accountant General (OAG): Research Insights and Recommendations
Over the last two decades or so, reforms of Public Financial Management (PFM) systems have spread across Africa. Yet many countries continue to experience gaps between PFM policy reform, implementation […]
IPSAS 32 APPLICATION GUIDELINES
These guidelines prescribe the accounting treatment for service concession arrangements by the grantor. This version is based on the original IPSAS 32 as issued by the International Public Sector Accounting […]