Tax Collection in Sierra Leone
By: Crown Agents Through tax simplification, institutional capacity building and taxpayer outreach programmes, Crown Agents has worked with the National Revenue Authority to help improve its tax collection. Revenue plays a significant part in Sierra Leone government efforts to improve quality of life for its people When Sierra Leone emerged from More...
Sierra Leone is no longer categorize as a ‘fragile state’ but a ‘Low Income State’ : IMF Rep.
Sierra Leone is no longer categorized as a ‘fragile state’ but a ‘Low Income State’ according to the Resident Representative of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Sierra Leone Dr Francis Y. Kumah. IMF More...
World Bank Owes People of African Heritage Formal Apology- An Open Letter
World Bank Owes People of African Heritage Formal Apology An Open Letter Dr. Jim Yong Kim President The World Bank Dear Mr. President We, the undersigned, are executive committee members of Justice for More...
Remittances ‘aid poor countries’ more vulnerable to external shocks- (United Nations)
By: Linda Ensor, 27th November 2012 Remittances sent home by economic migrants are a “significant” source of external financing for least-developed countries (LDCs), but makes them more vulnerable More...
Africa:-The Remittance Industry Is Failing Those Who Need It Most
By: Dr Ismail Ahmed The remittance market in Africa has for too long been monopolised by companies imposing very high fees that are on average three times those charged on remittances to Asia. They combine More...
China helps recast Africa in global economy
By: Muna Ndulo China’s resurgent interest in Africa has spawned a bewildering variety of worldwide reaction. The response of the West has generally been negative and alarmist. Surprisingly, some in Africa More...
Slight fall in fraud cases in Africa, says KPMG
By: SURE KAMHUNGA The number of fraud cases in Africa fell marginally to 503 in the second half of this year compared with 520 in the same period last year as governments take sterner action to combat corruption, More...
African trio impresses Moody’s
ABUJA — MOODY’s Investors Service has assigned new credit ratings to Nigeria, Kenya and Zambia’s domestic and foreign-currency debt, citing the sub-Saharan African nations’ economic resilience and More...
The Southern African Development Community (Sadc),endorse common financial market
By: NTSAKISI MASWANGANYI The convergence of financial markets within the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) is gaining momentum following a recent endorsement by finance ministers from the 15 More...
Nigerian central bank boss calls on Africa to open markets, attract investors
By: EDWARD LONGHURST-PIERCE A STRONG call for Africa to turn its back on protectionism and open up markets in the cause of growth and prosperity has been issued by Central Bank of Nigeria governor Sanusi More...