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15th March 2021 JOINT WEBINAR BY THE AFRICAN FORUM AND NETWORK ON DEBT AND DEVELOPMENT (AFRODAD) AND THE SOUTHERN AFRICA DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY PARLIAMENTARY FORUM (SADC PF) ON IMF SPECIAL DRAWING RIGHTS AS ONE OF THE FINANCING OPTION TO FIGHT AGAINST THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY IN AFRICA, HELD ON 15th MARCH 2021 The African Forum and Network on Debt and Development (AFRODAD) on March 15th, 2021 held the first in a series of webinars on “IMF Special Drawing Rights: An Option...

Should Zimbabweans worry about tax Exemptions? Details / On the 27 th of January 2021 the government of Zimbabwe through the Minister of Finance gazetted the Income Tax (Exemption from Income Tax) (Great Dyke Investments Private Limited) Notice, 2021 or the Statutory Instrument 26 of 2021.  In a context where the country has been exposed for its fragile public health and education services by the Covid-19 pandemic, the act of surrendering the tax rights ...

Please click icon social below to unlock the content Relaunch of the Stop the Bleeding Campaign: The need for Africa to Harness Tax Revenue from Extractives for Adaptation and Resilience Against Covid-19 Details / Hits: 149 Against the backdrop of the dire situation that many African countries have found themselves in due to Covid-19, the Stop the Bleeding (STB) campaign relaunched the initiative during the 12 th edition of the Alternative Mining...

Stakeholder Meeting on Debt Relief, Restructuring and Domestic Resource Mobilisation Details / Hits: 317 The spread of COVID-19 realities have far-reaching implications. In the case of Uganda, Covid 19 infections currently stand at just above 40,000 out of a population of 44 million people – but its economic aftermath will be long-lasting. The country has already projected a revenue shortfall of 3 trillion Ugandan shillings [1]. Most shocking is...

Statement on the UNECA, IMF, And African Finance Ministers Meeting Outcomes Details / th February to discuss the debt crisis affecting the continent amidst the global covid-19 pandemic. The meeting sought to explore easing the fiscal constraints crisis by transforming existing liquidity instruments and easing market access to alleviate the debt burden by providing much needed liquidity for the continent’s economies. The meeting came in the wake of seve...

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Terms of Reference to Develop Study on PPP-Financed Energy Infrastructure Projects in Ghana and Kenya Details / Hits: 507 AFRODAD in collaboration with the Heinrich Boll Foundation and Bread for the World seek the services of competent consultants to undertake 2 separate studies on the Impacts of PPP Financed Energy Infrastructure Projects in Ghana and Kenya respectively. The specific projects of focus are the Ghana Sankofa Gas Project and Kenya�...