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This chapter presents a general overview of the African context of corruption–procurement–governance nexus. African states attached importance to public procurement, not as a means of advancing public interests but the desires of the political elites. The African procurement system is characterized by monumental corruption, which had contributed greatly to the incessant regression in the socioeconomic development of the continent. This chapter identifies the challenges associated with poor service delivery, which are attributable to corruption in public procurement in Africa. It also presents a survey of public procurement practices in some African countries, expressing the need for concerted effort by the African government to induce mechanisms that would sanitize the procurement system management. The major mechanism in the direction is to strengthen the various institutions of governance in a way that would entrench the culture of checks and balances in public procurement.
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Dorasamy, N. (2021). An Overview of Public Procurement, Corruption, and Governance in Africa. In: Dorasamy, N., Fagbadebo, O. (eds) Public Procurement, Corruption and the Crisis of Governance in Africa. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63857-3_2
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