Some African governments are devising various means of taxing over the top services like Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Skype, Viber, and so on. These OTTs are usually free but are accessible through the network of operators in the telecommunications industry. The result is the use of OTTs to facilitate communication with peers rather than subscribing to plans offered by mobile operators. This results in revenue loss to mobile operators and consequently to the government since

The Africa innovates for the SDGs is an award which recognizes and rewards exceptional early-stage African social innovation which solve problems within the focus of the 17 United Nations' 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).These SDGs include putting an end to poverty, hunger, ensuring good health and wellbeing of all people, quality education, gender equality, clean water and sanitation, affordable and clean energy, decent work and economic growth, amongst others. Acc

In June and July 2018, Tanzania and Angola introduced tax amnesty programs. In Tanzania, an order issued on June 30 required taxpayers to voluntarily declare their outstanding tax bill, and pay same within the 2018-19 fiscal year in return for forgiveness of interest and penalties. The order became effective on July 1, 2018 and expires December 31, 2018. Similarly, in July 31, 2018, the Angolan government posted a law requiring taxpayers to voluntarily declare and repatriate