In this interview with Melanie Archer, Jo Beall comments on the ongoing conflict in South Sudan, explains what is unique about urban violence and dissects myths about African cities.
Hannah Gibson reviews “Africa’s Urban Revolution” and finds it to be a welcome and vital addition to a burgeoning field, presented in a highly readable and engaging manner.
Kieran Holmes est Commissaire général de l’Office burundais des recettes (OBR), une autorité semi-autonome de perception d’impôts. Il est également coauteur d’un rapport, récemment publié par Africa Research Institute (ARI), exposant en détail les réformes de collecte d’impôts et...
In conversation with Jonathan Bhalla, Kieran Holmes discusses how Burundi’s semi-autonomous tax authority has become a model institution but still faces serious financial uncertainty despite its many successes.
Edward Paice reflects on the undesirable effects of interrupting remittance flows to Somalia and the UK government response which lays the blame, wrongly, at the door of Somali money transfer operators.
En mai 2013, la banque anglaise Barclays a annoncé qu’elle fermait les comptes de tous ses 165 clients, sauf 19, qui opèrent dans le secteur de transferts de fonds. Comme d’autres banques anglaises, telle que la HSBC, s’étant déjà considérablement retiré du secteur, l’effet de...
Le 10 janvier 2014, j’ai assisté à un évènement fascinant, « Africa in 2014 : Prospects and Forecasts » (Afrique en 2014: perspectives et prévisions), organisé par le Royal African Society à Londres, Royaume-Uni. Le panel d’experts était composé par Patrick Smith...
Hannah Gibson assesses the implications for Somalia of Barclay’s announcement that it will close the accounts of all but 19 of its 165 clients in the remittance transfer business.
Olivier Milland highlights the diversity of interactions between multifarious Chinese enterprises and African countries and people based on a panel discussion hosted by ODI.
Edward Paice argues that an effective and sustainable solution to the issue of Somali remittances will require concerted political will and an appreciation of the unique nature of the Somali financial market.
A vaccination for malaria might become a reality; and it’s not all about China. Jonathan Bhalla lists 10 things you should consider when thinking about Africa in 2014.
Hannah Gibson interviewed Irene Karanja who heads a Kenya-based federation of slum-dwellers. They discussed the anti-eviction movement in Kenya and the federation’s partnership with the University of Nairobi.
Steve Ouma offers a historical insight into the growth of Kenya’s urban centres and argues that policies have been defined by colonial legacies, state-sanctioned slum evictions and a refusal to acknowledge the rights of the poor.
Kieran Holmes, Commissioner General of the Burundi Revenue Authority – explains how the organisation is funded and sets out its priorities for the coming years.
Mick Moore explains why Anglophone countries have led the way in reforming tax administration in Africa and argues that property tax remains the number one unexploited revenue source on the continent.
Edward Paice highlights some of the key topics of discussion and debate at the 2014 OECD Africa Forum in Paris. Economic models, jobs and regional integration were all on the agenda.
