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- 26 Jun 2020
Tax Transparency Report shows African Making Headway in Tackling Tax Evasion, Money Laundering
African countries made great strides in strengthening commitments and capacity to achieve tax transparency and exchange information on illicit fund flows in 2019, the latest Tax Transparency in…
- 28 May 2026
MTN Nigeria Sets Benchmark for Sustainability Reporting in Africa
Global pressure on corporations to provide transparent climate and sustainability disclosures is reshaping reporting standards across capital markets. Anticipating that shift, MTN released its first…
- 28 May 2013
Natural Resources can Fuel Africa’s Economic Transformation-Report
Africa’s agricultural, mining and energy resources could boost the continent’s economic growth and pave the way for a breakthrough in human development, according to the African Economic Outlook 2013…
- 21 May 2024
MTN Pays $3.3Bn Tax across 19 Markets in 2023
MTN Group recently released financial tax report for 2023 revealed that the group paid $3.3 billion in tax contributions across 19 markets. This is coming as the company inches closer to celebrate…
- 16 Mar 2020
TJI Says Nigeria Squanders $2.6Bn on Corporate Tax Incentives
Tax Justice Network (TJN), a nongovernmental organization has said that Nigeria squandered some $2.6 billion on corporate tax incentives in one year, making the country to suffer a downgrade to 34th…
- 17 Oct 2013
Bharti Airtel Ranked 4th in TI’s Corporate Reporting Listing
Bharti Airtel, a leading global telecommunication services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, has been ranked fourth in a listing of 100 emerging market multinational…
- 12 Nov 2013
Sub-Saharan Africa Leads Mobile Growth, Impact –GSMA
The GSMA yesterday published its latest comprehensive study of the socio-economic impact of the mobile industry in Sub-Saharan Africa. The report, “Sub-Saharan Africa Mobile Economy 2013”, developed…
- 20 Mar 2025
FIRS Partners Flutterwave for Digital Payment Collection
Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payments technology company, is now enabling digital tax collections for the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), making it one of the few fintechs supporting the…
- 8 Jul 2025
Nigeria Loses over N200Bn from SSB Tax Annually – CAPPA
Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has condemned the loss of over N200 billion annually due to gaps in the implementation of the sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) tax. Mr.…
- 19 Apr 2014
'Super Tax' Slows Remittances, Development in Nigeria, Others
Africans face the highest remittance fees globally, regularly paying a "super tax" to send money home at a cost that hurts families and holds back development in the world's poorest continent, a…
- 29 May 2013
Africans Siphon $1.3trn out of Continent in 30 Years
Unrecorded illicit financial outflows from African continent over 30-year time span ranged from between $1.2 trillion to $1.3 trillion in real terms, according to a new joint report by the African…
- 12 Nov 2015
emc3, Guardian, Five Others Launch Transparency Forum
The Transparency Forum Initiative (TFI), a series of targeted roundtables is due for launch on Tuesday 17 November. TFI consists of committee member firms working in Nigeria. These are emc3, The…
- 3 Jan 2014
Illicit Financial Flows from Africa - Track It, Stop It, Get It
Illicit money outflows are draining Africa's domestic resources, depriving it of crucial investment funds The figures are staggering: between $1.2 trillion and $1.4 trillion has left Africa in…
- 12 Nov 2013
Africa to Create 6.6 Million Jobs by 2020 Via Mobile Telephony
New report by the GSMA, an association of mobile operators and related companies devoted to supporting the standardising, deployment and promotion of the GSM mobile telephone system, has identified…
- 28 Jul 2026
Africa Prudential Posts N1.59bn Profit in H1 2026, Reaffirms Digital Growth Strategy
Africa Prudential Plc has reaffirmed its commitment to digital transformation, revenue diversification and sustainable growth after reporting a strong financial performance for the first half of…
- 15 May 2025
How MTN’s ESG Strategy is Helping Fuel Nigeria’s Development Goals
MTN Nigeria’s 2024 Sustainability Report has provided a compelling case for how businesses can move from profit-centric models to purpose-led impact. As one of Africa’s leading tech companies, MTN’s…
- 1 Jan 2014
Nigeria, Others Lose $947Bn to Corruption, Tax Evasion
Nigeria and some other developing countries lost a total of $946.7 billion to corruption, trade mis-invoicing and tax evasion in 2011, with amount being spirited away growing larger with each passing…
- 28 Nov 2025
FG Establishes National Tax Policy Implementation Committee to Drive New Tax Law Execution
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the establishment of a National Tax Policy Implementation Committee (NTPIC) to ensure coordinated, nationwide implementation of the administration’s sweeping…
- 11 Jun 2015
Global Economy Integration Drives Nigeria’s Enterprise Business Apps- Sage
A growing focus on promoting sound corporate governance and enforcing regulatory compliance from the Nigerian government, paired with growing foreign investor interest in the country, is driving…
- 18 Jun 2013
Help us Follow Dirty Money, Guinea asks G8
Guinea, one of Africa's poorest nations despite abundant natural resources, has urged the G8 to back its battle with corruption by helping trace shell companies used to hide crooked deals and track…
- 24 May 2017
Google Invests in Delivery Science, Three Other Nigerian Startups
Google has invested on four Nigerian startups through its ‘Launchpad Accelerator’ programme. The four startups include Delivery Science, led by a team of indigenous technology entrepreneurs and…
- 15 Apr 2016
Rocket Internet to Limit Losses after 2015 Cash Burn
ecommerce firm and owners of Jumia Rocket Internet said it was on track to make three of its start-ups profitable by the end of 2017, and its losses should have peaked last year when its companies…
- 5 Dec 2021
World Bank says Underdeveloped Broadband Infrastructure Hampering Nigeria’s Digital Economy
The World Bank says Nigeria’s digital economy plan is being continually hampered by an underdeveloped fixed broadband infrastructure. The global bank disclosed this in its ‘Nigeria Development…
- 10 Aug 2025
FIRS Rolls out e-invoicing System for Large Corporate Taxpayers
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has launched a national electronic invoicing system, seen as a significant step toward digitising the country’s tax infrastructure and boosting compliance…
- 7 May 2012
Airtel Gains Big in Africa, Profit Soar
Airtel, the Indian telecom operator with spread in Nigeria and 16 other African countries has reported robust revenue of $3,723 Million, a 15 per cent increase year-on-year for the fourth quarter…
- 17 Nov 2013
Nigeria Is Broke! Trillions in Oil Revenue Looted
Opinion by Dr. Peregrino Brimah Diezani Alison-Madueke, Petroleum minister said in London, October that the theft of oil revenue needed for national building amounted to terror. David Cameron,…
- 14 Dec 2020
Strong Corporate Governance, Ethics are at the Heart of MainOne’s Success - Abimbola
In this interview, MainOne’s Chief Financial Officer, Solanke Abimbola discusses the company’s success over the past decade, expansion plans and projections for 2021 while noting that adherence to…
- 16 Jun 2015
Buhari Queries NNPC’s Multiple Accounts
President Muhammadu Buhari was visibly angry when he revealed that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has too many bank accounts, describing it as “improper”. Buhari said either the…
- 21 Dec 2009
How Telecom Fared in the Out Going Year
Nigeria telecommunications sector in the out going year was felt with mixed given. The sector which has been adjudged the fastest growing in Africa, witnessed low level of activities compared to…
- 26 Feb 2026
History is Watching: Tinubu’s Moment to Rescue Nigeria’s Stolen Future
By Blaise Udunze Governance is not complicated. It is about people and the resources entrusted to serve them. When resources are managed wisely, the people prosper, and prosperity spreads. Mismanage…