Bolstering Supreme Audit Mechanisms for Public Finance in Africa: The Court of Accounts Shares Expertise with Djibouti’s Counterpart

Mrs. Zineb El Adaoui, First President of the Moroccan Court of Accounts, received Ms. Ismahan Mahmoud Ibrahim, First President of the Court of Accounts of the Republic of Djibouti, on July 13, 2026. The Djiboutian delegation, led by Ms. Ibrahim, is on a working visit to the Kingdom of Morocco. This meeting is part of efforts to bolster cooperation relations between the two institutions and advance their partnership in supreme oversight.

The visit aims to enable the Djiboutian delegation to gain firsthand insights into Morocco’s experience in developing public finance oversight mechanisms. It also seeks to familiarize them with the mandates and areas of intervention of the Moroccan Court of Accounts, particularly regarding engagement with stakeholders, professional capacity-building, institutional communication as well as the Court’s ongoing digital transformation efforts and the mechanisms put in place to enhance audit performance and boost its effectiveness.

In her address on this occasion, Ms. Zineb El Adaoui highlighted that the cooperation between the Moroccan Court of Accounts and its Djiboutian counterpart embodies the deep bonds of brotherhood uniting the Kingdom of Morocco and the Republic of Djibouti. She framed this collaboration within the South-South cooperation strategy, a strategic choice founded on solidarity and integration among African nations to build up their own capacities. She further underscored that the exchange of experiences and best practices among Supreme Audit Institutions is instrumental to advancing professional standards, refining working methodologies and leveraging new technologies and artificial intelligence. These efforts enable such institutions to carry out their mandates effectively in the service of public interest.

Ms. Ismahan Mahmoud Ibrahim commended the significant experience accumulated by the Moroccan Court of Accounts in public finance oversight as well as the progress achieved in modernizing working methods. She reaffirmed the Court of Accounts of Djibouti’s commitment to drawing on these best practices to step up its performance in supreme oversight. She also highlighted that the alignment between the two institutions’ audit models, combined with their active engagement within regional organizations of Supreme Audit Institutions, lays a promising foundation for strengthening bilateral cooperation, broadening partnership opportunities and facilitating the exchange of expertise in line with their shared objectives.

Both parties agreed to redouble efforts to establish a strategic framework for bilateral cooperation and ensure its effective implementation through concrete and sustainable action plans. They also pledged to bolster the capacities of Africa’s Supreme Audit Institutions to safeguard their independence and deliver tangible impact on citizens’ lives.

It is worth noting that both institutions play pivotal roles at the international level. The Moroccan Court of Accounts serves as the Secretariat-General of the African Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (AFROSAI), and the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions with jurisdictional functions (JURISAI). while the Court of Accounts of the Republic of Djibouti holds the presidency of the Regional Training Council for Francophone African SAIs and the Association of French-speaking Supreme Audit Institutions (AISCCUF). This underscores their prominent standing within the global public finance oversight ecosystem and paves the way for advancing governance and transparency across the African continent.