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COMESA Digital Payments Platform to cut cross-border costs and dollar reliance

COMESA Digital Payments Platform to cut cross-border costs and dollar reliance LUSAKA/NAIROBI/CAIRO — The Common Market for Eastern…

Senegal’s DGID Cyberattack Exposes Africa’s Tax Tech Fault Lines and the Fixes That Can’t Wait

Senegal’s tax authority hit by ransomware. What happened, risks to data and revenue, and the fixes…

Ethiopia’s Tax Exemptions Cost Billions, IMF Warns

Ethiopia’s Tax Exemptions Cost Billions, IMF Warns | Tax Reform Analysis A Fiscal Wake-Up Call Ethiopia’s…

Illicit Financial Flows and Taxation (PAC 2025): How Africa Is Turning Advocacy into Accountability

A Decade After the Mbeki Panel, Action Replaces Awareness Johannesburg, 7–10 October 2025 — The 13th Pan-African Conference…

African Union STC 8th Session: Tax Policy at the Heart of Africa’s Health Financing

Johannesburg, 29 September – 3 October 2025 — The African Union (AU) held its 8th Session of…

Tunisia’s Tax Administration Earns 80%+ Satisfaction from Businesses

TUNIS — Tunisia’s General Directorate of Taxes (DGI) has recorded an overall satisfaction rate above 80%…

Egypt’s 2025 Tax Overhaul Targets SME Growth, Compliance, and Investor Confidence

CAIRO — Egypt has embarked on one of its most consequential tax reform drives in years,…

Zimbabwe’s New Tax and Revenue Management System Backed by African Development Bank

HARARE — Zimbabwe has officially launched the Tax and Revenue Management System (TaRMS), a flagship reform supported by…

UNU-WIDER and ATAF Renew Memorandum to Strengthen Africa’s Tax Systems

The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) and the African Tax Administration…

Morocco Faces Limited Short-Term Impact from EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism

Morocco is expected to experience only limited short-term effects from the European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment…