WELCOME TO APNIFFT
African Parliamentary Network on Illicit Financial Flows and Taxation (APNIFFT) is a flagship programme coordinated by Tax Justice Network (TJNA) with an overall objective to provide an opportunity for its members, the African legislators, to strategise, learn from each other and build their capacities in tackling Illicit financial flows and tax injustice in the continent. The platform facilitates its members to undertake advocacy-related dialogue and debates in a simplified manner on Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs), tax governance and domestic resource mobilisation (DRM) in Africa.
APNIFFT was first conceptualised and eventually launched in 2017 by TJNA. Since its inception, APNIFFT’s operational strategy has focused on local-level legislative interventions to combat the continent’s IFFs and DRM issues. This has been operationalised through country-based parliamentary caucuses that now serve as a basic unit of engagement and mobilisation of Members of Parliament. These basic units then combine to form regional caucuses, based on membership of regional economic councils, to then form the continental caucus. The continental caucus convenes annually through the ‘APNIFFT Continental Conference’, to review progress, share knowledge and build the capacity of its members on emerging issues relating to tax justice.