The Executive Director of the Parliamentary Network Africa (PNAfrica), Sammy Obeng, participated in a high-level plenary session at the 2025 Africa Regional Convening on Parliament and Legislation (AFRIPAL), held in Kampala, Uganda. He contributed to an engaging discussion under the theme:
“Reimagining the Ideals of Parliament: Openness as the Heartbeat of Democratic Renewal in Africa.”
Speaker Bagbin Endorses the Leadership of Sammy Obeng and PNAfrica in the PMO Space – Accra, Ghana – The Parliamentary Network Africa (PNAfrica) and its Executive Director, Sammy Obeng, have received a significant endorsement from the Speaker of Ghana’s Parliament, the Rt. Hon. Sumana Bagbin, for their outstanding leadership in the Parliamentary Monitoring space and […]
The Open Parliament Index (OPI) is a legislative transparency tool developed to assess the level of openness – transparency, accountability, and citizen inclusion – in African parliaments. In 2022, the maiden edition of the OPI was published, measuring 13 national parliaments in West Africa. What are the objectives of the OPI? There are three main […]
In 2023, the Parliamentary Network Africa (PNAfrica), a Civil Society Organization championing Open Parliament in Africa, embarked on several projects to strengthen civil society capacity and networking for the advancement of civic participation, parliamentary transparency and accountability across national and regional legislatures. These activities were necessitated following some recommendations made in its maiden edition of […]
In embracing a commitment to openness, transparency, accountability, and citizen participation, the Parliament of Ghana has within two years of the publication of PNAfrica’s Open Parliament Index (OPI), undergone a significant transformation. These changes have marked a crucial shift towards a more inclusive and democratic governance system. Several key initiatives, such as the establishment of […]
The Gambia and Sierra Leone Country Programmes Manager for the Parliamentary Network Africa (PNAfrica), Mr. Gilbert Borketey Boyefio, has expressed the hope that the Gambia Assembly will come tops in the next edition of the Open Parliament Index (OPI), after the successful implementation of its country programmes. “It is our expectation that through the successful […]
Parliamentary Network Africa (PNAfrica) has commenced a series of online training for Parliamentary Monitoring Organizations (PMOs) in Africa. The pieces of training follow the completion of the first phase of the Open Parliament Engagements and Networking in West Africa (OPEN West Africa) project which led to the establishment of a community of PMO Networks in […]
Democracies and democratic institutions in Africa are confronted with various challenges, including the opacity of many of these institutions and the resultant decline in public trust in these bodies. National and Regional legislatures on the Continent, including the Pan-African Parliament – which are supposed to be the ‘Houses of the African People’ – do not […]