Geo Quinot

Geo Quinot, Professor, Department of Public Law, Stellenbosch University & Director, African Procurement Law Unit

Geo Quinot is trained in law, public administration and higher education. He is currently a Professor of Law in the Department of Public Law and the School of Public Leadership at Stellenbosch University, South Africa as well as Founding Director of the African Procurement Law Unit (APLU). He is also admitted as an Advocate of the High Court of South Africa. Quinot teaches administrative law and public procurement law in the Law Faculty and the School for Public Leadership at Stellenbosch University. He also regularly instructs public administrators in both administrative law and public procurement regulation. His research focuses on general administrative law, including a particular focus on the regulation of state commercial activity such as public procurement as well as on legal education. He has published widely in these areas. He is the author, co-author and/or editor of eight book publications, the most recent of which are Public Procurement Regulation in Africa: Development in Uncertain Times, published by LexisNexis in 2020 and Administrative Justice in South Africa: An Introduction, the second edition of which was published by Oxford University Press in 2020. Quinot is a past editor-in-chief of the journal, Stellenbosch Law Review and the founding editor-in-chief of the open-access journal, African Public Procurement Law Journal. As an advocate, Quinot advises on matters relating to administrative law and especially public procurement law to both public buyers (organs of state) and suppliers to the state. Quinot obtained the degrees BA(Law) and LLB, both cum laude, at Stellenbosch University; LLM (Master of Laws) at the University of Virginia School of Law in the USA as a Fulbright scholar; MA (Master of Arts in Higher Education Studies) cum laude at the University of the Free State; MPA (Master in Public Administration) cum laude from the University of Birmingham in the UK and LLD (Doctor of Laws) at Stellenbosch University.

Seminars & symposia

APLU regularly hosts or co-hosts seminars and symposia on particular topics in public procurement law.

 

International Conferences on Public Procurement Law in Africa

Starting in 2011, APLU has hosted a series of international conferences focusing on public procurement law in Africa. Since 2016, these conferences have taken place every second year in Cape Town and brought together international scholars and practitioners working in the field of public procurement law.

First international conference on public procurement law in Africa 2011

2nd International Conference on Public Procurement Law Africa 2016

3rd International Conference on Public Procurement Law Africa 2018

4th International Conference on Public Procurement Law Africa 2023

Dr Williard T Mugadza

Willard MugadzaWillard T Mugadza is the Founder of Africa Institute for Fighting Corruption in Public Procurement and currently a Lecturer in Public Law at Midlands State University (Gweru, Zimbabwe). He specialises in public procurement law, anti-corruption law, international economic law, international trade law, administrative law and public international law. His latest publication is ‘Book review: Corruption and Human Rights Law in Africa (2018) 21 Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal. Further, his latest project is with World Bank Group – Doing Business 2019 Contracting with the Government of Namibia. He holds a B-Juris, LLB, LLM and LLD. Email: mugadzapsalm23@gmail.com or wt.mugadza@yahoo.com.

Symposium: Procurement Law on Three Continents – 25 April 2017

APLU will host a morning symposium with the theme: “Procurement Law on Three Continents” on 25 April 2017 in Stellenbosch. Speakers will reflect on the procurement laws in the USA, EU, South Africa and within the Multilateral Development Banks, such as the World Bank. Attendance is free and open to anyone interested in public procurement law, but seats are limited and it is thus essential to book a seat by sending an email to Kyle Jordaan at kylej@sun.ac.za. More details can be found here >>.

Call for Papers: 2nd Conference on Public Procurement Law Africa

APPRRU is pleased to announce the Call for Abstracts for the second International Conference on Public Procurement Law Africa. The Conference will be held from 24 – 25 November, 2016 at the Century City Conference Centre & Hotel, Cape Town, South Africa. The Conference theme is Public Procurement Regulation suited for 21st Century Africa: Reform, Governance and Innovation. Detail on the conference and the call for papers can be found at the following link.