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The Africa digital market remains largely untapped. This is in considering the level of penetration of internet through the continent and the level of digital skills which is much lower compared to other continents. The situation is exacerbated by digital shutdowns experienced often through government actions. A recent shutdown within the continent was the shutdown […]
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The Gig Economy quickly taking off or has taken off in most markets. Generally, the gig economy comprises of freelance work mainly offered by independent contractors rather than employees. Common gigs include, working as an Uber driver, delivering of food/goods through online platforms, freelance writing, among others. The unique aspects of the region will come
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Taxpayer advocate service in Africa is scarcely discussed by tax administrations. Countries like the United States of America operate a full fledged Taxpayer Advocate service office. Canada also has an elaborate taxpayer bill of rights. The aim of taxpayer advocacy service is to provide assistance to taxpayers to comply with their tax obligations and to
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What is AIIB? A regional based (Asia and Oceania) international, multilateral development bank. A regional based (Asia and Oceania) international, multilateral development bank. Its headquarters are in Beijing China but with offices around the world. What is the legal framework of AIIB? The AIIB Articles of Agreement The AIIB By-Laws Environmental and Social Frameworks Risk
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Join us for this upcoming discussion on Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB): China’s alternative to Bretton Woods? In the discussion we will look at: What is the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)? Why did it come into being? What is the composition, mandate, functions and objectives of the AIIB? What is the AIIB’s role in
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The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (‘OECD’) notes that; ‘it is not possible to ring-fence the digital economy and tax it separately since the entire economy is digitalising’[1]. A number of challenges exist in taxing the digital economy in Africa and globally. Digitalization raises series of broader tax challenges, including; “nexus, data and characterization”.
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In this webinar we looked at minimum tax in Kenya which came into effect from 1 January 2021. The tax has caused a significant uproar from the business community. The reason for the uproar is that the tax is aimed at taxing loss making businesses operating in Kenya. Moreover, the outworking of the tax results
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Trading under the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AcFTA) started on the 1st of January 2021. While this is a big deal for Africa trade and Africa integration, a lot of African people are not aware of its implications. In our recent poll on our social media pages asking when the AcFTA started operating, there
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The negotiations for a Free Trade Area (FTA) between Kenya and the United States of America (‘USA’) are ongoing. This article provides a summary of a podcast discussion hosted at Africa iShare on the topic. You can listen to the full podcast at – https://54ishare.com/podcasts-africa-ishare/. What are the motivations for both countries in negotiating an
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The Africa continental Free Trade Area (AcFTA) was launched on 1 January 2021. Here is a brief background to the AcFTA. AcFTA within General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs The formation of Free Trade Areas (FTAs) falls within the wide framework of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)[1]. In particular, Article 24 of
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In this upcoming webinar we look at the ongoing discussion on China – Africa debt trap. The rhetoric is that China is offering loans to Africa under the guise of helping but with the real intention is to trap Africa in debt. The rhetoric then goes… once Africa falls into the trap, Africa will dance
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Will the AcFTA impact doing business in Africa? Considering that a majority of businesses in Africa are in the informal sector, how does the AcFTA benefit them? We discussed this in our podcast ‘the Africa We Want’. You can have a listen to the podcast here. Or watch the discussion on our YouTube Channel here.
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We had the discussion on Africa Continental Free Trade Area: challenges & opportunities (‘AcFTA’) on 27 August 2020. For the discussion we had panelists from Kenya, South Africa and Nigeria. Here are the highlights from the discussion. What is AcFTA? AcFTA is intended to be a single market for goods and services supported by free
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We had this discussion on the COMESA Digital Free Trade Area (DFTA) on 24 September 2020. We had experts in the area from Kenya and South Africa. Here is a brief summary of the discussion. What is the COMESA DFTA? It is a digital platform that facilitates trade within COMESA. COMESA DFTA has three pillars,
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In this discussion we looked at the taxation of the informal sector in Africa. We focused on Egypt, Zimbabwe and Kenya. We had the discussion on 17 September 2020. Here is a summary of some main points from the discussion. Kenya The informal sector in Kenya comprises of ‘jua kali’ businesses, residential landlords, small scale
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