Firewall for stopping dodgy tenders in South Africa

• The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) has developed an open-source platform to monitor tenders for irregularities, aiming to prevent corruption and waste in government deals.
• The platform uses artificial intelligence to analyse tender specifications, identify suspicious procurement patterns, and flag overpriced tenders, and is designed to be managed by independent civil action organisations.
• Government departments have declined to adopt the platform, and its implementation relies on adoption by independent civil action organisations and citizen volunteers.