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Mobile money tax: Is there a gender gap?
9 January 2023

Mobile money tax: Is there a gender gap?

Gender and tax: As Africa increasingly introduces specific taxes on digital financial services (DFS) such as mobile money, do DFS
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Read more : Mobile money tax: Is there a gender gap?
Identity issues: Four challenges for digital IDs in Africa’s tax systems
17 November 2022

Identity issues: Four challenges for digital IDs in Africa’s tax systems

From streamlining primary healthcare to amplifying agricultural outcomes, digital IDs matter. Here are some of the reasons why…
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Read more : Identity issues: Four challenges for digital IDs in Africa’s tax systems
COP27: To what degree can environmental taxes play a role in climate financing?
14 November 2022

COP27: To what degree can environmental taxes play a role in climate financing?

The 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as the annual Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC or

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How should Africa’s digital payments be taxed?
24 October 2022

How should Africa’s digital payments be taxed?

Africa’s governments need tax revenue to fund everything from education and social welfare to paying international debts. No wonder governments
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Tanzania to waive electronic money transfer levy, except on mobile money?
14 October 2022

Tanzania to waive electronic money transfer levy, except on mobile money?

From 1st October 2022 Tanzania eliminated the levies on certain electronic money transfers, but not on mobile money.
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Read more : Tanzania to waive electronic money transfer levy, except on mobile money?
New data on the e-levy in Ghana: Unpopular tax on mobile money transfers is hitting the poor hardest
13 October 2022

New data on the e-levy in Ghana: Unpopular tax on mobile money transfers is hitting the poor hardest

In Ghana, the “e-levy” has been linked to the current administration’s “Ghana Beyond Aid” strategy for reducing aid dependence.
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Read more : New data on the e-levy in Ghana: Unpopular tax on mobile money transfers is hitting the poor hardest
Mobile-money taxation in East Africa: Harmonisation or laissez-faire?
8 September 2022

Mobile-money taxation in East Africa: Harmonisation or laissez-faire?

Regional tax harmonisation is controversial, with compelling arguments for and against. Is it desirable? Or beneficial? And if so, to
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Read more : Mobile-money taxation in East Africa: Harmonisation or laissez-faire?
How the Taliban’s more effective and ‘fairer’ tax system helped it win control of Afghanistan
25 August 2022

How the Taliban’s more effective and ‘fairer’ tax system helped it win control of Afghanistan

When the Taliban dramatically gained control of Afghanistan in August 2021, they used bombs and guns to swiftly overcome state
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Read more : How the Taliban’s more effective and ‘fairer’ tax system helped it win control of Afghanistan
Ghana’s new e-levy: The sour, sweet and switches so far
4 August 2022

Ghana’s new e-levy: The sour, sweet and switches so far

Introduced in May 2022, Ghana’s e-levy is a 1.5 per cent tax on the transfer amount of electronic transactions. The
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Read more : Ghana’s new e-levy: The sour, sweet and switches so far

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