The Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana, Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has reiterated his personal commitment and the Commitment of the Parliament of Ghana to the Principles of Open Parliament which encourages constant engagement of the institution of Parliament with Civil Society organizations and the public at large. The Speaker made this known […]
GETTING INVOLVED – Parliamentary Network Africa – A Legislative Engagement and Advocacy Guide
On September 6 2023, our Country Programme Officer for Ghana @Joana Oppong represented @PNAfrica at the Launch of the Political Accountability Activity(POLA). The event was organized by the International Republican Institute (IRI) and its CEPPS partners – the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) and the National Democratic Institute (NDI) with funding from USIAD/Ghana. POLA […]
The Centre for Human Rights in partnership with the Parliamentary Network Africa (PNAfrica), and the Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), has held a high-level discussion to explore high-level entry points for Civil Society Organizations into the Organs of the African Union (AU) for effective implementation of the continental developmental agenda. In attendance at the roundtable […]
Press Release: SBL and Parliamentary Network Africa Forge Strategic Technology Partnership to Empower Open Parliaments Across Africa Cochin, Kerala – August 11, 2023 – SBL, a luminary in IT services with a legacy in GIS, BPMS, AI/ML, and Multimedia, unveils a transformative Technology Partnership with Parliamentary Network Africa (PNAfrica). PNAfrica, headquartered in Accra-Ghana, leads the […]
By Parliamentary Network Africa’s Election Research Desk There has been a number of by-elections that have occurred under the Fourth Republican Constitution of Ghana. These by-elections have been occasioned under varied circumstances but chief among them is the demise of a sitting Member of Parliament. So far, the Fourth Republic has witnessed 31 by-elections with […]
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 […]
The Executive Director of the Parliamentary Network Africa (PNAfrica), Mr. Sammy Obeng, has been awarded an Open Government Leadership Fellowship by the Open Government Partnership (OGP) for his contribution to the advancement of the Open Government Movement in Africa. The coveted Leadership Fellowship award was issued to him by the Open Government Partnership on March […]
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 […]
For the first time, Parliamentary Network Africa (PNAfrica) partnered the BussolaTech, a global organization that works in the promotion of institutional modernization and digital transformation in the legislative ecosystem, to organize the LegisTech Forum for Commonwealth Parliaments. The “LegisTech: Commonwealth” conference was held virtually, between January 23rd and 24th, and was divided between Case presentations […]