Africa Beneficial Ownership Transparency Network
Participants engaging at a regional training on advancing anti-corruption in Africa through beneficial ownership transparency (BOT), co-organised by Open Ownership, UNODC and and the Commonwealth Africa Anti-Corruption Centre. The session gathered representatives from 12 African countries. including early-stage BOT-implementing countries and resource persons from countries that have made significant progress or are at an advanced stage in BOT implementation.
Introduction
The Africa Beneficial Ownership Transparency (AfBOT) network is a member-led initiative — convened by the African Development Bank and the UK government, with support from Open Ownership — that brings together governments and international partners to accelerate implementation and effective use of beneficial ownership registers across Africa.
Developing and refining legislative frameworks for beneficial ownership transparency represent key challenges during the implementation phase. To assist with this task, this page collates the relevant beneficial ownership-related legislation from the AfBOT member countries.
This webpage will aid implementing governments from across the region to easily access information on how their counterparts have designed legislative frameworks and drafted requirements to gather, verify and share beneficial ownership data. We hope you find it useful. Please contact us with feedback on [email protected]
Resources: Legislating for beneficial ownership transparency
These resources developed by Open Ownership and partners may be of use in legislating for beneficial ownership transparency reform.
- Guidance by Open Ownership: Guide to drafting effective legislation for beneficial ownership transparency. This guide is intended to assist individuals involved in drafting and reviewing laws to develop a clear picture of the elements that constitute effective legislation for implementing beneficial ownership transparency reforms, laying the groundwork for establishing a beneficial ownership register
- Technical Guidance by Open Ownership and the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative: Legislating for effective beneficial ownership transparency reforms in the extractive sector.
- Guidance by Open Ownership and the National Democratic Institute: Beneficial Ownership Transparency: A Guide for Parliaments
- Guidance by Open Ownership: Trusts and beneficial ownership: Guidance for data collection and sharing