Africa’s eight corruption hotspots – and SA is there

South Africa is among eight corruption hotspots named in a recent survey undertaken by ENSafrica.

It joins Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria and Uganda.

According to the survey, in which 88 organisations across Africa including Mauritius participated, incidents of bribery have increased, but so has general awareness of anti-bribery compliance among organisations. 24% of organisations experienced an incident of bribery and/or corruption in the past 24 months (an increase of 4% since 2013), with 5% reporting five or more incidents in that period.

Among the interesting findings, 68% of those surveyed believe that third-party business partners pose the greatest source of bribery risk to their organisations while 17% of organisations feel they are highly exposed to bribery in Africa (a drop of 33% compared to 2013), with 71% believing they are moderately exposed to bribery and corruption in Africa.

According to ENSafrica, having an effective anti-corruption programme is more important for companies today than ever before. “Many companies are now recognising the potential reputational harm, economic costs, fines, penalties and potential criminal prosecution that bribery and corruption pose to their business."