When Design Decides Outcomes: Africa and the Global Minimum Tax’s Side-by-Side Turn

The Global Minimum Tax (GMT) was conceived as a corrective to decades of base erosion and…

G20 2025: Progress on the Tax agenda, But Not the Breakthrough Africa Expected

The G20 Leaders’ Declaration, adopted in Johannesburg under South Africa’s presidency, was expected to signal a new…

UN Tax Convention: The Nairobi Negotiations Explained

As negotiations on the proposed United Nations Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation continue in Nairobi, the global…

Africa in the Driving Seat of Global Tax Reform: What the Ongoing UN Tax Talks in Nairobi Mean for the Continent’s Revenue Future

The ongoing third session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC), held in Nairobi from 10 to…

Africa’s Tax Future Hinges on Reform, Digitalization, and Trust

Africa’s Tax Future Hinges on Reform, Digitalization, and Trust NAIROBI / ACCRA / ABIDJAN — Sub-Saharan Africa…

IMF flags tax reform and debt transparency as Africa’s twin priorities

IMF flags tax reform and debt transparency as Africa’s twin priorities WASHINGTON / DAKAR — At the…

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…

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…

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…