CPI 2025, ANCE calls on government to strengthen anti-corruption efforts
Corruption remains a serious problem in Sub-Saharan Africa, according to the 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), released today 10 February 2026 by Transparency International. With an average score of 32 out of 100 and only four out of the 49 countries scoring above 50, Sub Saharan Africa is the lowest performing region on the global index of 182 countries. Ten of the 49 countries in the region have significantly worsened since 2012 and only seven have improved in the same period, highlighting that current anti-corruption efforts are not yielding expected results.
Despite a regional survey ranking corruption as one of the most important issues African populations want their governments to address, the CPI 2025 shows that sub-Saharan African countries still have a long way to go in their anti-corruption efforts.
ANCE and Transparency International are raising concern that corruption in the management of public funds reflects a lack of political integrity amongst leaders, hinders people’s ability to access key services and affects everyday life – impacting the most vulnerable people the hardest. To improve people’s lives, governments in the region and particularly in Togo should prioritise meaningful action to combat corruption and strengthen democracy.
ANCE, while congratulating the Togolese authorities for some anti-corruption efforts already undertaken, calls on the government to speed up the implementation of the National Strategy for the Prevention and Fight against Corruption in Togo, adopt and implement a strong whitleblowers legislation, create and operationalize an anti-corruption Court, support business integrity initiatives, accelerate the digitalisation of the public finances management, and strengthen the legal framework for strong citizen participation to anti-corruption efforts.
ANCE reaffirms its commitment to cooperating with the government toward a corruption free Togo.