The Public Procurement and Property Authority shared its experience for Namibia.
(June 25, 2025), The Public Procurement and Property Authority shared its experience with a delegation from the South-western African country, Namibia. The representatives from the Office of the Prime Minister, the Ministry of Finance , and the Central Procurement Board,were the participants.
The team has shared ideas on the way how the procurement and Property management system were performed its task, the responsibilities of the authority in general , the way how the electronic government procurement system is implemented, the current status of the electronic government procurement system, the problems encountered, and the solutions adopted to make the system sustainable.
The Director General of the Public Procurement and Property Authority, Ms. Meseret Meskele, explained the the key responsiblities of the Authority by refering the procurement laws and proclamations as if eGP system is the key element to make the procurement modernize and to ensure value for money.
She also explained that a lot of tasks is being done to modernize and digitalize the procurement system in Ethiopia as if, it has made a significant role in increasing the number of participants,establishing a transparent procurement system, expanding accessibility and accountability, and ensuring an efficient and effective procurement system.
Mr. Ewnet Abera, (CEO , Perago and owner of eGP system) has also explianed the nature and structure of the system , the implementation process of eGP, problems the system face during implementation and mitigation solutions that they take in to cosideration to have such out come in the implementation process.
In his explanation the system provides transparency, integrity and accountability that reflect value for money, and also creating a quality and efficient procurement system. He also generalize the system sustainablity requires leadership dedication and commitmet.
Finally, various questions were raised from delegates and explanations were delivered . And procurement process of Namibia was presented by head of delegates too.
