How can Africa take action against corporate tax havenry? Solutions from the...
How have former colonial powers maintained their stranglehold on African economies? The UK with its spider’s web of satellite jurisdictions and France are complicit in undermining the ability of...
View ArticleCorporate income taxation in the digital age: Africa in the Corporate Tax...
Tackling corporate tax dodging in a digital age is high on the political agenda as governments seek to protect the public purse. Launched this year, the Tax Justice Network’s Corporate Tax Haven Index...
View ArticleBeneficial ownership transparency in Africa: The state of play in 2020
Leak after leak has confirmed what African citizens have long suspected: the elite hide their actions and identities to loot state resources and reduce taxes owed. A new study published today by the...
View ArticleAfrica and the corrosive international tax system
By Chenai Mukumba (Tax Justice Network Africa) and Rachel Etter-Phoya (Tax Justice Network) Illicit financial flows punch holes in the public purse across the African continent. Over the past five...
View ArticleAfrican countries improve on Financial Secrecy Index, call for UN tax...
African finance ministers have adopted a resolution calling for a United Nations convention to stop tax abuse earlier this week as some of the richest nations, including the US and Switzerland,...
View ArticleAfrican Ministers call for UN tax convention to protect against financial...
African Ministers call for UN tax convention to protect against financial secrecy supplied by the richest nations, as Africa improves in the Financial Secrecy Index 2022 – Tax Justice Network, Tax...
View ArticleA win for African leadership on international tax
Denied a seat at the table to decide tax rules, African countries moved the table to the UN. Malawi loses US$58 million in tax per year due to cross-border tax abuse by multinational companies. And...
View ArticleAfrica makes progress to end anonymous companies
Africa is making strides to unveil the real owners behind companies operating across the continent. The Tax Justice Network and Tax Justice Network Africa’s new study Beneficial Ownership Transparency...
View ArticleTaxes, a matter of life or death
You’d be forgiven if you clicked on the corporate governance structure of a multinational company and mistook the download plans for a world tour itinerary. You may find yourself starting in London on...
View ArticleThe tax justice and climate crisis crossroads in resource-rich Africa
You’re likely reading this using technology containing minerals that once lay far below Africa’s mineral-rich soils. For the African continent is home to almost one-third of the world’s mineral...
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