Image placeholder

Opening Up Ownership: Africa EITI Conference on Beneficial Ownership Transparency

31 October–1 November 2018

  • Conference

  • Starting 12:45PM

  • Ending 1:00PM GMT

  • Online

  • Applications closed

King Fahd Conference Center

Knowing who owns the companies that operate in the oil, gas and mining sectors is key to strengthening natural resource governance. It has also proven to be important to improve the investment climate and promote responsible business conduct. Through the EITI and other global and regional efforts to tackle the challenges posed by hidden ownership, African countries are taking the lead in improving beneficial ownership transparency in extractives. The conference will engage various stakeholders from government, civil society and companies to seek a way forward on beneficial ownership in Africa.

Registration for the conference is now closed. Any enquiries regarding participation should be directed to [email protected].

Follow the conference on Twitter using #BOAfrica18. The full schedule is available here. Events involving Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI) speakers include:

Wednesday, 31 October

3.30 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Press conference
Room Flamboyant

Featuring Ismaila Madior Fall (Minister of Justice of Senegal and former chair of the EITI Senegal national committee), Fredrik Reinfeldt (chairman, EITI), and Daniel Kaufmann (president and CEO, NRGI). 


Thursday, 1 November

11 a.m. - 12.30 p.m.
Reduce risks in extractives licensing
Room C01

Facilitated by: Cari Votava, senior financial sector specialist and co-author of the Manual on Integrity Due Diligence for Licensing in Extractive Sectors, World Bank

Speakers:
  • Prince Benjamin Aboagye, acting deputy CEO of Ghana’s Petroleum Commission
  • Sahr Wonday, director, National Minerals Agency, Sierra Leone
  • Ibrahim Mustafa Magu, acting executive chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Nigeria
  • Negbalee Warner, co-chair of Special Review Committee on Licenses, Liberia
  • Marie Lintzer, senior governance officer, NRGI

3.30 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Identifying politically exposed persons and potential conflict of interest
Room C01

Facilitated by: Jean Pierre Okenda, DRC country manager, NRGI
Speakers:
  • Cari Votava, senior financial sector specialist and co-author of the Manual on Integrity Due Diligence for Licensing in Extractive Sectors, World Bank
  • Jean Marie Kabanga, member of executives committee of EITI-DRC, CSO Mining Sector Platform
  • Ludovick Utouh, former controller and auditor general and current chair, Tanzania EITI
  • Saliou Diop, legal specialist in good governance, anticorruption and human rights, National Office Against Fraud and Corruption (OFNAC)