This policy paper:

• analyses political finance regulatory trends in Africa, identifies corruption risk areas in such regulations, and provides actionable policy recommendations for key stakeholders to improve transparency and accountability in political finance;

• examines good practices for political finance regulation, the challenges of an integrity-enhanced political finance system and explores options for redress; and

• identifies key themes in the political finance framework, such as sources of finance, limits on funding, limits on party and candidate spending, and lessons learned regarding the effectiveness of regulatory mechanisms on the continent.