NTRN featured in opinion piece on tax accountability in Nigeria
The NTRN was featured in an opinion piece on tax accountability in Nigeria’s leading business and finance newspaper, BusinessDay. This article was also posted on PremiumTimes, an online news organisation based in Abuja. You can read the article here.
Alexander Ezenagu quoted in The Africa Report
Alexander Ezenagu, ICTD Researcher, was quoted in The Africa Report in a piece published on Friday 16th November. You can read the full article online here: Mauritius: Offshore on the radar
Horn Cable TV covers Taxing Africa event in Hargeisa
Horn Cable TV recently livestreamed “Taxation and Statebuilding. Should Somaliland Love Taxes?”, a launch event for “Taxing Africa: Coercion, Reform and Development”. Mick Moore, ICTD CEO and co-author of the book, presented at the event. You can watch the event in full on YouTube below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoXniHLUxPM&feature=youtu.be
Taxing Africa excerpts published in AfricaFocus Bulletin
Excerpts from chapter 5 of ICTD’s book Taxing Africa: Coercion, Reform and Development were published in the AfricaFocus Bulletin, released on Monday 12th November. Read the article online here: Africa: Why Mining Is Hard to Tax
NTRN second annual meeting covered in World Stage and The Nation
The Nigerian Tax Research Network held its second annual meeting in Abuja on 24th and 25th October, organised in partnership with the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). Discussions from the meeting were covered in both World Stage and The Nation.
Read the article from World Stage online: Nigeria: FIRS boss calls for diversification, sustainable revenue base
Read the article on The Nation here: FIRS urges diversification of revenue sources
Taxing Africa discussed in Daily Nation blog
ICTD’s new book “Taxing Africa: Coercion, Reform and Development” was recently discussed in a Daily Nation blog by Tom Odhiambo titled “Why tax without accountability is unacceptable”.
Alexander Ezenagu interviewed for NTA report
Alexander Ezenagu, ICTD Researcher, was interviewed by NTA for a special report on illicit financial flows. Alexander was in Abuja presenting at the International Conference on Combating Illicit Financial Flows and Enhancing Asset Recovery for Sustainable Development on 11th and 12th September.
ICTD CEO cited in The Economist
Mick Moore, the ICTD’s CEO, was cited in a piece by The Economist about the extent of tax breaks across Africa titled “African governments let too many taxpayers off the hook.”
Dakaractu covers inaugural APTI conference
The inaugural conference of the African Property Tax Initiative was hosted in Dakar on June 11-12th. The Secretary General of the Senegalese Ministry of Finance and the ICTD’s Research Director Wilson Prichard (who chairs the initiative) were interwieved by Dakaractu about the rationale and objectives of the conference.
221TV Senegal covers APTI conference
The inaugural conference of the African Property Tax Initiative was hosted in Dakar on June 11-12th. The Secretary General of the Senegalese Ministry of Finance opened the conference, and was interviewed by 221TV. He spoke about the enormous potential of property taxation for raising revenue for local governments.
APTI conference covered by L’évidence quotidien in Senegal
The African Property Tax Initiative (APTI) held its inaugural conference in Dakar, Senegal on June 11-12th. The event was covered in the local newspaper L’évidence quotidien.
Daily Monitor: URA moots plan to tax the rich
On April 6th, the URA shared the results of research done in partnership with ICTD on the taxation of high net worth individuals at a workshop with about 40 participants. Ismail Ladu of the Daily Monitor covered the event. Read the piece online here.
