The document summarizes an IT project between SAP, the Ghanaian government, and GIZ to implement an SAP solution for Ghana's Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). The solution addresses challenges like delayed reporting by different entities in the extractive sectors. It allows real-time reporting and reconciliation of payments between government, industries, and districts. The partnership aims to improve transparency and governance in Ghana's oil, gas and mining industries through a customized business intelligence and financial reporting tool.

1. Ghana Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative: SAP Solution for Ghana Steve Williams, Director, Corporate Social Responsibility, SAPMay 17, 2011

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3. The joint IT project for EITI implementation Challenges: Bringing in the oil & gas sector Closing the gap in reporting The IT solution: Addresses the challenge of delayed reporting Is a development partnership between: The Ministry of Finance on behalf of GHEITI, SAP AG GIZ operating on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Development and Cooperation (BMZ) The partnership adds a technical solution and specific managerial skills to the EITI process.

4. Scope of the EITI reporting in Ghana Business Intelligence Financial Reporting Government Institutions District Assemblies © SAP 2009 / Page 4

5. Benefits achieved From paper to real time web communication Content is checked and approved before data are made available to the Office of the Ghana EITI aggregator.

7. EITI form

8. Addition of comments and attached files

10. Declaration of Mineral royalties received from the Office of the Administrator of Stool Lands

12. Follows up reporting from all the entities involved in the process

13. Analyzes and reconciles data

15. This project presents a unique opportunity to engage within our Corporate Social Responsibility efforts not only with a financial contribution, but also with skills and technology, and as such help the EITI process and the country of Ghana to run better.

16. This is a project with a potential to touch the lives of millions of people through good governance.Our Ambition is to deliver on this purpose by making businesses and institutions around the globe perform at a significantly higher level of efficiency and effectiveness by enabling business network transformation and closed-loop insight-to-action © SAP AG 2009. All rights reserved. / Page 9 © SAP AG 2009. All rights reserved. / Page 9

18. Quality of data with a validation process and one version of the truth;

19. A simple overview of revenues;

20. Reduced administrative overhead;

22. © SAP 2009 / Page 12 Knowledge transfer A key aspect of the project Local team is able to handle the tool & reporting Done through workshops with the EITI multi-stakeholders group One team of SAP consultant and EITI members working together all along the project Documentation End users specific documentation Reporting and administrative team documentation Maintenance documentation for IT specialists Training For project team at the beginning of the project For end users before the go live For IT specialists during installation of platform

23. Thank you! © SAP 2009 / Page 13