That’s a wrap of our #Cotonou2025 conference! Day 2 touched on key issues like compliance, govt legitimacy, data-sharing, & urban planning. Thanks to all attendees their valuable insights & contributions! Let's keep the #PropertyTax conversation going ➡️logri.org/event/logri-proper…

Thank you too @LoGRITax for organising the conference.

Day 1 of #Cotonou2025 wrapped! The opening day of our #PropertyTax conference, co-hosted with ASE and DGI Benin, featured rich discussions on interinstitutional collab and linking land administration to property tax. Stay tuned for Day 2 highlights! logri.org/event/logri-proper…

I represented @OpenBudgets in this conference. One key take away: Sustainability =Trust=Compliance=Legitimacy. Thank you @logr for invitation.

Thank you for sharing the key highlights. I was honored to moderate this panel.

As #PAC2025 came to a close, one message resonated: Africa needs political champions to drive the fight against Illicit Financial Flows. From the legacy of the HLP Report to the renewed commitment shared in Johannesburg, the movement for tax justice grows stronger. The decade ahead must be about results, resilience, and reclaiming Africa’s wealth. Watch more: tjna.me/4h4SxvH #TaxJusticeAfrica #PAC2025 #AfricaAgainstIFFs Like, comment, share

Happy to have featured in this video. Honouring a legacy, building a Future Indeed!

Day 3 of the 13th Pan African Conference on Illicit Financial Flows and Taxation. @Oxfam , @OpenBudgets, and @policy_F are co-hosting a side session on “Examining the Connection Between Financial Transparency, Taxation of High-Net-Worth Individuals (HNWIs), and Illicit Financial Flows.” This session will interrogate the fiscal justice implications of taxing HNWIs and the role of financial transparency in curbing IFFs. Speakers explore the policy, legislative, and administrative gaps that allow wealth to escape fair taxation. The session aims to identify practical reforms that strengthen tax systems, enhance transparency, and ensure that Africa’s wealth serves its people. Read more: tjna.me/3H1alKJ #TaxJusticeAfrica #PAC2025 #AfricaAgainstIFFs Like, comment, share

🎉 Attending the Financing Feminist Futures Conference this week? Join us for our session — “Financing Feminist Futures: Women Leading Transformative Public Finance for Systems Change” — co-hosted by @OpenBudgets in collaboration with The Society of Women in Taxation (SWIT) Nigeria and @DAG__activism. 📅 Date: October 9, 2025 🕚 Time: 11:30 AM – 12:15 PM CET 📍 Venue: Torreón 2, La Casa Encendida, Madrid. This conversation will explore the intersections of tax, spending, and debt, spotlighting how women are shaping fiscal policies to drive accountability, equity, and transformative outcomes for women and girls. #GenderEquality #PublicFinance #Accountability

🌍 Pan-African Conference on Illicit Financial Flows & Taxation (PAC 2025) 📅 8–10 October | Johannesburg, South Africa Join @OpenBudgets and partners - @policy_F, @TaxJusticeAfric and @OxfaminAfrica as we host a side event on 9 Oct (16:00–17:30 SAST) titled: 💡 “Examining the Connection Between Financial Transparency, Taxation of HNWIs, and Illicit Financial Flows.” The session will explore how taxing high-net-worth individuals and strengthening financial transparency can curb IFFs and promote equitable public finance—drawing from global actions like ATI Seville Action 3 and the FFD4 Outcome Document, plus insights from a Tanzania study supported by @OpenBudgets and @noradno. For online participation, register here - ibp.tiny.us/PAC-HNWIs-IFFs #PAC2025 #TaxJustice #OpenBudgets #FiscalTransparency #IBP #IllicitFinancialFlows

Kindly join us tomorrow as we unpack the link between taxation of HNWIs and IFFs #PAC2025 #TaxjusticeAfrica

📅 Join us at the 13th Pan-African Conference on Illicit Financial Flows & Taxation. Hear from experts & researchers across Africa unpacking the crucial links between financial transparency, taxing high-net-worth individuals, and tackling IFFs. Register ➡ us06web.zoom.us/.../reg.../W…

Recently, @OpenBudgets joined the 7th High-Level Policy Dialogue & 21st General Assembly in Freetown, Sierra Leone, hosted by @wataftax and @NRASalone, under the theme “Financing Development Through Effective Tax Systems.” 🇸🇱 💬 Regina Navuga, our Tax Equity Manager, stressed that stronger policy coherence and joint initiatives are key to reducing fragmentation and ensuring tax systems deliver on development goals. 🌍 Mariéme Gnagna Thiam, our Senior Program Coordinator, shared how IBP Senegal mobilized excluded groups to co-create tax proposals—a step toward more equitable systems that reflect the realities of citizens, not just elites. The convening underscored a central policy challenge: West Africa cannot sustainably finance its future without inclusive, fair, and effective Domestic Resource Mobilization (DRM). ✨ Opened by Hon. Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh, Vice President of Sierra Leone, and closed by Mrs. Kadiatu Alie, Deputy Minister of Finance.

@OpenBudgets supported its Tanzanian partner @pelum_info at the Regional Convening on the UN Tax Convention and Ending Austerity in Nairobi (Sept 17–19), organized by @amwaafrika. The gathering united feminist leaders from West and East Africa to push for fiscal sovereignty, gender-responsive tax reforms, and alternatives to austerity. Key outcomes included stronger feminist CSO participation in UN tax processes, alliances with parliamentarians, and greater public awareness to advance equity and justice in Africa’s financing for development.

@OpenBudgets proudly joined the Society of Women in Taxation West Africa (SWITWA) High-Level Dialogue in The Gambia 🇬🇲, supported by @ecowas_cedeao, bringing together policymakers, CSOs, and women traders to address the barriers women face in informal cross-border trade under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). 📊 The evidence is stark: 71% of women traders remain unaware of AfCFTA provisions, 89% face security risks, and 59% experience gender-based discrimination. Weak grievance systems, fragmented taxes, poor infrastructure, and language barriers further entrench exclusion. The dialogue produced a roadmap for reform—from awareness and financial literacy to gender-sensitive border measures, harmonized ECOWAS tax/customs systems, and investments in infrastructure and technology. The event also marked the launch of the SWIT Gambia team, while IBP was honored with an award of recognition as a trusted partner in advancing inclusive tax systems.

Moderated by the Chair, WATAF Council ,Ms. Eliane Talato DJIGUEMDE, with experts sharing actionable solutions. #2025WATAFHLPD_GA #TaxReform #SustainableFinance #WATAF

Moderated by the Chair, WATAF Council ,Ms. Eliane Talato DJIGUEMDE, with experts; Regina Navuga International Budget Partnership, JENEBA J. BANGURA, CG,@NRASalone, Michailas Traubas, @CompaniesNrd , Rodolphe BANCE, African Capacity Building Foundation, Aziz son, @IBFD_on_Tax

I was honoured to share CSO perspectives on this panel. @OpenBudgets. Thank you @wataftax

Looking back to panel 1, which focused on building collaborative tax systems in West Africa! The panel submitted that Robust tax systems fuel schools, hospitals, & jobs, but weak partnerships hinder progress.