Across Africa, the rising cost of politics is reshaping democratic participation, governance, and accountability. Elections, political parties, and public institutions are increasingly influenced by financial interests — creating barriers to participation, deepening inequality, and weakening democratic trust.
The Convening brings together heads of state, policymakers, parliamentarians, anti-corruption agencies, electoral management bodies, civil society leaders, researchers, private sector representatives, development partners, and media practitioners to examine the growing influence of money in politics and identify pathways toward meaningful reform.
Hosted in Accra, Ghana, it builds upon continental and global efforts to strengthen transparency, accountability, and integrity in political finance — including the momentum of UNCAC Resolution 11/7 and efforts to develop an African Model Law on Political Finance Transparency.
The financialization of politics is no longer a peripheral governance issue — it sits at the centre of democratic legitimacy. Across the continent: