Africa Trade

Anyone would agree that tax strategies matter for Africa growth. By tax strategies we mean effective tax strategies for Africa. Taxes in this case refer to domestic taxes charged by African countries on goods and services. Ideally, taxes charged affect the competitiveness of the goods and services in external markets. While this an obvious thing […]

The world suffered a significant hit in the year 2020 following the Covid pandemic. Economies were greatly affected by lockdowns and restriction of movement of people among other measures taken by governments. In the month of November we will have a series of discussions on ‘Post-COVID recovery strategies for Africa’. The discussion is necessary since

In a series of discussions in the month of October we discussed ‘Africa within Global Value Chains’. The discussion focused on the following: What are global value chains? You can listen to the podcast here. Whether Africa can do better in Global Value Chains (GVCs). You can listen to the podcast here or on our

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

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

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”.

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

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

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