Author: Angela Wamola

As the adoption of digital mobile services grows exponentially, African governments face a complex economic conundrum: determining economically sound Information Communication Technology (ICT) taxation regimes. The mobile industry is committed to paying taxes in the markets from which it derives value, but it is advocating for fiscal policy reforms that enhance the affordability of mobile services and promote investments necessary to support the technological evolution critical to the digitalisation of economies.   Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) have made significant investments to address the coverage gap in Africa, which has reduced to 11%, dropping by 6% since 2020. However, the usage gap…