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Digital Public Infrastructure concept showing connected highways and data networks, symbolising how digital systems can shape taxation in Africa.
October 2025|
Blog

How Digital Public Infrastructure can define taxation in Africa

by Lucia Rossel

As Africa deepens its digital transformation, Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) is redefining how governments identify, register, and engage taxpayers. From digital IDs to data sharing, DPI offers new ways to build fairer, more efficient, and inclusive tax systems that strengthen trust between citizens and the state….

A man walks past a bright green roadside shop in Kenya with Safaricom and M-Pesa signs, illustrating how digital payments support Nigeria digital public infrastructure for taxation across Africa.
October 2025|
Blog

Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) and Tax Administration in Nigeria: The Current State of Play

by Abdulsalam Mas'ud

Nigeria has made significant strides in digitalising its tax administration over the past decade, with initiatives such as the Integrated Tax Administration System (ITAS) and new frameworks for digital public infrastructure (DPI). This blog explores the current state of Nigeria’s digital tax infrastructure across four key pillars: digital IDs, merchant payments, data exchange, and inclusivity, and highlights progress made at both national and subnational levels. Drawing on recent DPI readiness assessments and peer learning events, it identifies opportunities to strengthen coordination, data governance, and capacity for more efficient, transparent, and inclusive tax administration….

Partner Publication

Digital Payments: Opportunities and Challenges for African Tax Administrations

Event
11 September 2025
Tax Digitalisation in Africa: Policy Meets Research

This ICTD–World Bank-ATAF webinar explores how Digital Public Infrastructure is reshaping tax systems in Africa, and the opportunities and challenges it brings….

Event
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25 June 2025
Webinar: AI in Tax Administration

This ICTD-World Bank webinar dives into cutting-edge developments in AI and their implications for tax policy and administration….

Des gens, y compris des femmes portant des objets lourds sur la tête, passent devant un dépôt d’autobus, près du marché de Kantamanto, tôt le matin sur une route au centre-ville d’Accra.
June 2025|
Blog

Why tax and customs administrations should do more to address gender issues

by Eugénie Ribault

Domestic revenue mobilisation (taxation, tariffs, etc.) is recognised as the most sustainable way of financing development….

News
Fintech financial technology concept image showing Fintech icon hovering over a smartphone, held by a business person.
April 2025
The implications of digital payments for tax administration – Insights from the Inclusive FinTech Forum 2025

What is the potential of digital finance, a cashless economy and system interoperability for strengthening tax…

Journal Article

Furthering a feminist fiscal agenda: Engendering tax and development

Research in Brief

The Potential of Digital ID Systems for Tax Administration: the Case of Ghana

Event
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21 January 2025 - 24 January 2025
ICTD presenting on gender issues in tax administrations at CREDAF

Integrating the gender dimension into public finances, and in particular taxation, has become a challenge for…

Working Paper

The Interpersonal Side of Tax Compliance: Interactions Between Taxpayers and Tax Officials in Rwanda

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….

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