via Bloomberg Tanzania may be less than enamored with its first credit rating, but there’s little to suggest the gas-rich East African nation would be blocked from the Eurobond market that it’s long been tempted to tap. After discussing plans to get a rating for at least a decade, Tanzania obtained one of B1, four steps into…
SOURCE: Center for Global Development In New York, on Valentine’s Day, 450 tax professionals will gather for a major conference on tax and development. The Platform for Collaboration on Tax, a joint effort of the IMF, OECD, World Bank, and the UN, will bring together finance ministers and senior tax officials, development agencies, foundations, International NGO…
New Study: Grid Electricity and Off-Grid Solutions Alone Are Not Meeting Many Africans’ Energy Demands
SOURCE: Centre for Global Development On-Grid Customers Still Rely Heavily on Off-Grid Energy Technologies, and Off-Grid Customers Want On-Grid Electricity Washington – A new study released today by the Center for Global Development found that either grid electricity or off-grid solutions alone are currently inadequate to meet many African consumers’ modern energy demands. The survey of consumers…
PwC presented on tax issues at the Third Ministerial Dialogue in Dodoma on 19 January. Click here to review the discussion points for this presentation. Public Private Dialogue – Dodoma – Jan 2018 – PwC Taxation Presentation – final
SOURCE: Voice of America The U.S. Government, through the United States Agency for International Development, or USAID, launched a civil society and media strengthening project in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in mid-January. It is called Boresha Habari, or “Better News”. Implemented in coordination with non-profit organizations Internews and FHI 360, the Boresha Habari project will…
Finding America’s Competitive Edge in Africa SOURCE: Atlantic Council Africa Center Over the past decade, Africa has been cast as a new battleground for influence between the United States and China. China’s economy has experienced meteoric growth since the 1980s, and China has looked to Africa’s natural resources to help fuel this rise. In the…
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