Abstract
Corruption is a major obstacle to sustainable development in Africa. This study investigates the nexus between corruption and sustainable development to propose a moderation and enforcement framework. Extant literature indicates that corruption drive down investment and economic growth whilst institutional analysis show that weaknesses in procurement processes and accountability systems hinder progress towards achievement of SDGs. Evidence from across Africa suggest that higher governance quality correlates with better sustainability outcomes; however, these gains often do not materialise in practice which reveals significant gaps in enforcement and implementation. Further, though transparency initiatives have improved disclosure, their impact on reducing corruption is still limited because of the lack of enforcement of sanctionable. To address this issue, the study adopts a documentary research approach using secondary data synthesis to explore enforcement and implementation challenges and to develop a moderation and enforcement framework that outlines a sequenced pathway from transparency to prevention in Africa.