Tech giants are playing hide-and-seek with Afrika’s tax authorities

In Afrika, some things like death, taxes, and traffic gridlocks are certain. Heavy traffic gridlocks are more of a recent phenomenon like the mobile phone. However, these gridlocks can also be viewed as an opportunity to pause and observe the informal sector in motion – the growth engine supercharging livelihoods in chaotic and undesirable ways in urban and peri-urban areas on the continent. During traffic gridlocks on major roads, for example, there are all kinds of people trying to sell something to the next person, from newspapers, handkerchiefs, mobile phone airtime scratch cards, fresh fruit, chewing gum, etc. This is…
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