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May 2025|
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Bridging the divide: Rwanda’s quest for equitable digital governance

by Elizabeth Bermeo & Fabrizio Santoro

In Rwanda, digital transformation is driven by IremboGov, an integrated e-government platform that streamlines access to essential services. While this initiative marks significant progress, several barriers remain, including limited internet access, high device costs, and low digital literacy….
Photo of a phone screen sending mobile money load
April 2025|
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Ghana’s e-levy: 3 lessons from the abolished mobile money tax

by Max Gallien, Martin Hearson & Mary Abounabhan

The e-levy’s intense politicisation and complex design made it an interesting case of a wider trend of mobile money taxes in the region. We learned more about the e-levy’s impact on informal sector workers in Accra, knowledge and sentiments, registered merchant exemptions and mobile money usage….
News
December 2024
ICTD-RRA conference discusses future of digital tax administration

More than 100 experts and policymakers across Africa gathered in a conference in Kigali, Rwanda last week to discuss the latest evidence on the potential and challenges of digitalising tax administrations….
December 2024|
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Four priority areas for next year’s Financing for Development Conference

by Rhiannon McCluskey

At a recent UN side event, experts outlined how the new financing for development proposals on can be strengthened for better outcomes in four priority areas….
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November 2024|
Blog

The digital transformation of tax administrations: What’s in it for low-income countries?

by Awa Diouf, Caroline Khene & Becky Faith

As governments worldwide, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), push towards digital transformation, the platformisation…
Event
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3 December 2024
Building More Effective and Equitable Tax Systems: Priorities and Strategies for FfD4

The ICTD will be hosting a side event at the Second Preparatory Committee Session of the Financing for Development Conference….
News
A man is giving a presentation, holding a microphone and standing up at the end of a long table that is covered by a bright red cloth. Behind the table to women are listening to the presentation.
October 2024
Digital Public Infrastructure and Taxation in Africa – what have we learnt and what’s next?

Drawing from their work under ICTD’s recently concluded DIGITAX Research Programme, Research Fellow Fabrizio Santoro and Research Officer Celeste Scarpini shared key findings and lessons learned on the matter during an internal seminar hosted by the Institute of Development Studies last week….
Partner Publication

Strengthening Property Valuation for Taxation in Zambia

October 2024
Regan McCort, Graeme Stewart-Wilson & Nicolas Orgeira Pillai
Research in Brief

Using Machine Learning to Create a Property Tax Roll: Evidence from the City of Kananga, D.R. Congo

October 2024
Augustin Bergeron, Arnaud Fournier, John Kabeya Kabeya, Gabriel Tourek & Jonathan L Weigel
Partner Publication

Leveraging Digital Innovations for Sustainable Development: Evidence from Tax Systems in Africa

September 2024
Fabrizio Santoro, Tanele Magongo & Razan Amine
Event
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26 June 2024
Webinar: Tax and Digitalisation in Africa – Lessons for the G20 GovTech Agenda

The global digital public infrastructure (DPI) agenda is substantially informed by experiences from the Global North…
African Tax Administration Paper

Pathways Into the Tax Net: Better Ways to Register African Taxpayers

May 2024
Edward Groening, Mick Moore, Denis Mukama & Ronald Waiswa
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