Media Coverage

ICTD’s Digital Tax Administration conference in Rwanda rakes in local and regional media coverage

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ICTD’s conference entitled ‘Towards a Digital Tax Administration: Lessons learnt and directions for reform‘, co-hosted with the Rwanda Revenue Authority from 12-13 December in Kigali, Rwanda, received significant coverage from local and regional media.

Highlights include:

  1. CNBC Africa: Digitising tax administrations in Africa 
  2. Igihe: Tax administrations urged to harness AI to modernize tax systems ; Ikoranabuhanga ryongereye 95% by’umusoro ku nyungu ukusanywa ; RRA yiteze umusanzu ku ikoranabuhanga rya ‘Digitax’ mu kunoza imitangire y’imisoro mu Rwanda 
  3. Taarifa: Tax administrations urged to harness AI to modernize tax systems 
  4. The New Times: Digital transformation poised to transform tax administration – experts 
  5. Coverage by at least three TV broadcast channels, namely RwandaTV, TV1 Rwanda, and TV10 Rwanda.

Giulia Mascagni

Giulia Mascagni is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies and Executive Director of the ICTD. Her main area of work is taxation, but she also has research interest in public finance, evaluation of public policy, and aid effectiveness. She is an economist by training, holding a PhD in Economics from the University of Sussex. Her main geographical interest lies in African countries, with a particular focus on Ethiopia and Rwanda.
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Keywords: digital, digital tax, digitalisation, tax administration, Tax and Development