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July 25

South Africa: Investment Will Hold Up After Mandela, Says Official

The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) is confident that a post-Mandela era will not affect inflow of foreign investments into Africa's largest stock exchange. Read more »
Africa: Ataf Commends Pledge From G8 Countries

The African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF) has commended a pledge made by rich countries to support developing countries collect the taxes owed them by providing them with access... Read more »
Zambia: New Tax Can Boost Informal Sector Collection

A 36-member country pan-African tax administration body has observed that the best way of increasing Zambia's tax base is to introduce a new presumptive tax which can capture... Read more »
Nigeria: Govt Targets Off-Shore Tax Evasion

The Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS) is making moves to target firms for off-shore tax evasion. Read more »
Africa: Hi-Tech Action to Stop Capital Flows

The African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF) has called on African Countries to invest in technology as one way of curbing illicit Capital flows from the continent. Read more »

Uganda: IMF - Aid Cuts Good Opportunity for Reforms in Uganda

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has described the recent aid cuts to Uganda's 2013/2014 budget as "a very good opportunity" for the country to fight graft and reform public... Read more »
South Africa: Wider Market Participation Sought for Johannesburg

The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) is working with banks to educate the majority of South Africans about the benefits of buying and selling shares of companies listed on the... Read more »
Africa: New Actors Vulnerable to Oil Curse

New players in the oil production sector in Africa are exposed to what has been termed the oil curse, because of the selfish interest of some long-serving African leaders, a... Read more »
Africa: G8 Tax Measures Open Opportunity for Africa

The decision by rich countries to clamp down on multinationals that avoid paying taxes has been described as a 'game-changer' by the African Tax Administration Forum. Read more »
Uganda: IMF Chief Advises Uganda Govt to Dump Tax Exemptions

In the recent reading of Uganda's National Budget 2013/2014, Finance Minister Maria Kiwanuka fronted bold steps to widen the country's tax base and fund the deficit created by... Read more »
East Africa: East Africa Plans Regional Stock Exchange

East Africa's dream of a regional stock exchange that merges into one the stock markets of the five East Africa Community member states is likely to take off in a year or two, key... Read more »

Africa: Company Tax Incentives Cost Africa Millions

The African Tax Administration Forum has embarked on a campaign to review tax incentives, which most African countries have agreed with multinational companies. Read more »

Benin: Companies Shy Away From Stock Markets

Benin, a neighbouring country to West Africa's economic giant Nigeria, has just a single company listed on the regional stock exchange, 700 kilometres along the coast in Abidjan,... Read more »
Africa: Africa Loses Out On Foreign Exchange

The currency black market has made it as far as Algeria’s national assembly. Read more »

Senegal: French Cutbacks Hit Call Centres

"Good morning sir, I'm calling about an offer we would like to make to you ." Assabe S. repeats this sentence on the telephone about a hundred times a day. At the other end of the... Read more »
West Africa: Recurring Floods Highlight Planning Failures

Amid the commotion in the flooded Saga district of Niger's capital Niamey, on the left bank of the Niger river, Issa Ali and his two wives are scrambling about in the water. With... Read more »
West Africa: Cote d'Ivoire Recovery Boosts Region

The ending of Ivory Coast's crisis is proving to be a blessing for the economy of the sub-region. Despite international financial turmoil, high oil import prices and food shortages... Read more »

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