Proposal to Adopt AI and Cybersecurity Tools in Public Auditing

TLDR

• ZANZIBAR: AFRICAN public audit institutions have been urged to adopt Artificial Intelligence (AI), data science and cybersecurity tools to strengthen the detection of fraud, financial irregularities and misuse of public.
• Kichere said technology can also assist in identifying areas where public revenue is lost or diverted.
• Zanzibar’s CAG, Dr Othman Abass Ali, said AI, data science and cybersecurity are critical in improving efficiency, transparency and accountability in public auditing.
• Kichere said the rapid shift by governments to digital systems has made advanced technologies essential in modern public auditing.
• The advancement of technology must not compromise integrity, which remains the foundation of public auditing,” he said.