Mainstreaming IGR expansion in 2023 electioneering campaigns

Prioritising taxpayer enumeration

Rhythms of political activities re-echo politicians wooing chants suffusing the air and riveting all eyes to 2023. Welcome to another season of political promises that would never see the light of the day. While some candidates merely want to entertain audiences of voters itching for manifestoes and agenda sermons, some genuinely want to implement and […]

Underground businesses and subnational IGR expansion  

Prioritising taxpayer enumeration

Trackability is the name of the game in public sector revenue generation. That is why taxpayer databases play central roles in IGR expansion. The underground or shadow economy comprises economic activities outside tax administrations tracking radar. Such an enterprise can be legitimate or otherwise. The defining characteristic is its invisibility from the eyes of official […]

How significant is Africa to the West, to the world? (5)

Crisis hotspots and Africa’s security (5)

FEEDING THE WORLD in the decade ahead and beyond has become an issue of great concern. Realities of demographics, technological advancement, economics, politics, logistics, climate-related events and epidemics are becoming more obvious in their impacts on the global food systems to the extent that they cast doubts on the possibility of reaching significant milestones in […]

How significant is Africa to the West, to the world (3)?

Crisis hotspots and Africa’s security (5)

A CONTINENT-WIDE NETWORK of professionals helping in manpower development, exchange and support has become an integral part of AU’s sterling development interventions. The Technical Aid Corps, earlier developed and deployed by Nigeria to neighbouring countries 50 years ago has become a flagship African development intervention programme. We have seen a decade of continued growth and […]