Indonesia Armenia Ecuador Ghana Philippines Liberia Argentina Mongolia Senegal Nigeria Zambia Ghana In Ghana, successive governments have made high-level commitments over the past decade to accelerate beneficial ownership disclosure. In 2020, the government established a central register with ownership data for over 200,000 entities. The Opening Extractives programme has since engaged with media, civil society and government agencies to build capacity on using beneficial ownership data to inform analysis and investigations. Journalists have been using ownership data to highlight irregularities in licensing processes and corporate reporting. Armenia Armenia launched a public beneficial ownership register in 2021. The Opening Extractives programme partnered with the Freedom of Information Center of Armenia (FOICA) to build capacity among media and civil society actors on using data published through the register to conduct analysis and promote accountability. Several journalists have subsequently published articles to investigate the beneficial ownership of companies in the gold, energy and mining sectors, as well as potential conflicts of interest. PHOTO CREDIT: ZAMBIA EITI 34 EITI Anniversary Report