Small tax base stifles Africa's self-financed growth
Construction works on Phase 2A of the Kenya's standard gauge railway at Suswa. The Kenyan infrastructure project, like many others in Africa, are financed with loans from China. PHOTO | GEORGE SAYAGIE | NMG
A majority of African countries collect only about 16 percent of their GDP in taxes undermining their capacity to fund development projects.
South Africa and Rwanda are some of the few countries that have been able to leverage new technologies to expand revenue collection to at least 25 percent.
