The Collaborative Africa Budget Reform Initiative (CABRI) is an international organisation based in Pretoria, South Africa, that fosters peer-learning and exchange among African ministries of finance, budget, and planning. We focus on achieving value for money in public spending, promoting budget transparency for greater accountability and participation, ensuring sustainable public debt management and building institutional capabilities for Public Financial Management (PFM) reform. In April of this year, CABRI launched a new area of work on Digital PFM in Africa.

This 19-20 November, CABRI is organising an International Conference on Public Finance in the Digital Era in collaboration with the global affairs think tank ODI. The international conference will be held in Johannesburg, South Africa.

The digital era is creating new possibilities for governments, but also raising people’s expectations about what services governments should be able deliver and how they deliver them. Ministries of finance are central to meeting these expectations. This international conference will bring together public finance, digital, and development leaders to:

• Share their experiences on using digital tools for PFM and service delivery, and foster a shared vision for how we can better leverage technology.

• Identify the role of finance ministries in supporting the wider digital transformation of government, the economy, and society, both individually at the country level, and collectively through global and regional initiatives, including South Africa’s G-20 Presidency in 2025 and the African Union’s Digital Transformation Strategy.

We look forward to welcoming over 100 delegates, including public finance officials from 30 African countries, as well as thought leaders on digital government, PFM and public service delivery. 

Registration for the international conference for online and in-person attendance is now open. *Limited seats are available for in-person attendees. Regular updates on the conference will be available on CABRI’s website.

For event and technical queries: Giselle Hadley, Programme Manager, CABRI: giselle.hadley@cabri-sbo.org |Cathal Long, Senior Research Fellow, ODI : c.long@odi.org

For media queries: Priya Beegun, Marketing and Communications Manager, CABRI : priya.beegun@cabri-sbo.org | Refilwe Esau, Marketing and Communications Coordinator, CABRI: refilwe.esau@cabri-sbo.org |Ben Campbell, Senior Communications Officer, ODI : ben.campbell@odi.org