AfriCOG is an independent, non-profit organization with a mandate to provide cutting edge research on governance and public ethics issues, and monitor governance fundamentals in both the government and the private sector. AfriCOG's reform initiatives are aimed at addressing the structural causes of Kenya's governance crisis. AfriCOG’s competence in research, analysis and advocacy on the causes of bad governance and corruption has produced a considerable body of evidence based on a number of systemic issues of corruption and governance.