July 11 marks the day the African Union (AU) adopted the African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption (AUCPCC) in Maputo, Mozambique on 11 July 2003. The Convention came into force in 2006. As of August 2021, the Convention has been ratified by 44 Member States of the African Union. Tanzania ratified this Convention on 22/02/2005. The idea is that on 11 July every year, concerned Africans pause to reflect on anti-corruption progress in their communities, what is working, what is not, and what remains to be tried. In July 2023, therefore Africa marked her 7th Anti-Corruption Day, and in Tanzania, this was celebrated in Arusha.
This day should not be mixed up with the International Anti-corruption day, which takes place annually on December 9.
