Chief objective of the African Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (AFROSAI) is to promote and develop the exchange of ideas and experience among the SAIs of the African states in the field of the audit of public finances by

• Implementing systematic studies concerning the audit of public finances,
• Organizing training courses for personnel charged with carrying out auditing tasks, and
• Collaborating with INTOSAI, its regional working groups, and other organizations and institutions specialized in the audit of public finances.

AFROSAI was created in November 1976.