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GVG and Guinea Fight in US Court Over $22mn Fee for Terminating National RA Contract

By Eric Priezkalns 31 Jan 2023 Assurance & Audit

Global Voice Group says its telco tax audits generate lots of money for African governments. The Republic of Guinea says otherwise.


Huge Budget Rise Needed to Replace Chinese Tech in US Networks

By Eric Priezkalns 21 Jun 2022 Cold War 2

The US government has allocated less than half of the USD5.3bn required to reimburse telcos for scrapping Huawei and ZTE gear.


Ericsson May Have Paid Islamic State Terrorists to Enable Tax Evasion

By Eric Priezkalns 22 Feb 2022 Risk, Fraud & Security

An internal investigation by the network manufacturer suggests they avoided Iraqi Customs by using roads controlled by ISIS.


How Not to Report Telco Tax Compliance

By Joseph Nderitu 4 Jun 2020 Assurance & Audit

A vibrant and free press is vital to holding public bodies accountable for their failures. Tanzania’s press prefers to blame telcos for every failure by every government function.


Surprise Vodacom Tax Bill from DRC Government

By David Morrow 15 May 2019 Risk, Fraud & Security

Vodacom finds itself being squeezed for money by another African government, this time in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).


Uganda U-Turn: Mobile Money Tax Is Halved

By Eric Priezkalns 20 Nov 2018 Digital Money

President Museveni said the 1 percent tax on mobile money withdrawals was a known ‘error’, but approved that law anyway. Now his government has cut the tax to 0.5 percent.


Mobile Money Taxes: Aping the Inept

By Joseph Nderitu 26 Oct 2018 Digital Money

Zimbabwe has raised taxes on mobile money and electronic transactions. There are better ways to stimulate a developing economy.


Gutting the Goose that Lays the Golden Egg

By Joseph Nderitu 27 Sep 2018 Digital Money

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta wants a 67 percent increase of taxes on mobile money transactions.


Social Media Tax in Uganda

By Joseph Nderitu 18 Apr 2018 General

Telcos will face additional pricing headaches as the Ugandan government imposes a tax on social media users of 200 shillings (roughly 5 US cents) per day.


Mobile Money: Easy Levies, Untapped Value

By Joseph Nderitu 18 Jan 2018 Digital Money

African governments should be reducing the burden on their people by using mobile money to efficiently collect tax, instead of increasing their burden by taxing mobile money transactions.


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