Category: News updates
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National Dialogue on taxation and role of Civil Society Organizations in Rwanda
Governance for Africa (GFA) and partners on 29th Nov 2022 hosted a National Dialogue on taxation and role of Civil Society Organizations in Rwanda This dialogue aimed at emphasizing engagement and capacity building among CSOs in Rwanda around critical areas of Double taxation agreements, Tax Policies, National debts, new tax laws. Civil Society Organisations in…
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DOMESTIC RESOURCE MOBILIZATION EVENT IN EAC
Governance for Africa (GFA) in partnership with SEATINIUGANDA by support of Diakonia-Africa hosted a 3 days regional meeting on Domestic Resource Mobilization in the East African Community (EAC). This regional meeting aimed at creating a joint platform for equitable Domestic Resource Mobilization in the EAC. This regional meeting also coincided with the East Africa Legislative…
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National Dialogue on the Role of Civil Society Organisations in Championing Tax Awareness and Tax Education in Rwanda
Governance for Africa (GFA) in partnership with Rwanda Revenue Authority hosted National Dialogue on the Role of Civil Society Organisations in Championing Tax Awareness and Tax Education in Rwanda on 15th October 2019. Opening Remarks • Cyrus Nkusi (CEO of Governance for Africa) GFA-CEO welcomed guests and participants who were present in the conference and…
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Rwanda Youth Symposium
Governance for Africa (GFA) in partnership with The YouLead Secretariat will host Rwanda Youth Symposium ahead of the Regional Youth Summit. The National Youth symposium themed: State of Youth Political and Economic Inclusion: Scenarios for Sustainable Regional Integration in East Africa – Rwandan Context will take place on 25 October 2018. This is an integral part…
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Governance for Africa convened an anti-corruption compliance training in Kigali involving about 50 companies
Governance For Africa in Partnership with the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) and CBC Business Integrity Project is a project of the COMESA Business Council (CBC) provided the training to the private sector on Anti-corruption compliance with the objective of building the capacity of the private sector to stem corruption and enhance their participation…
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Civil society organizations with focus on youth and children demand full cooperation with the government in development
Governance for Africa (GFA) organized a three day consultative meeting on devemonumental effectiveness from 25th and 26th June 2018. The consultative meeting brought together civil society organizations whose focus is on youth and children had an objective of reviewing checking the collaboration between civil society organizations (youth and children) and government in development. In his…
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Africa Loses $80billion Annually In Illegal Money Flows
Africa loses massive financial resources, about USD 80 billion each year.And between 700 and 1000 Rwandan taxpayers are involved in illicit financial flows through the automated systems. This money is lost through illicit activities of multinational companies and rich individuals. But surprisingly, Rwanda does not know how much it loses in illicit financial flows. Governance for…
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Students Join In Campaign Against Illicit Financial Flows
KIGALI, 15 February 2018– The fight against illicit financial flows today received a boost as students from five Rwandan universities took part in the inaugural National Students debate on tax justice and IFFs and the official launch of the Stop the Bleeding Campaign in Rwanda. The ‘Stop the Bleeding’ campaign is a movement that seeks to mobilise citizens…
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Governance for Africa offered capacity building to Regional Government officials on investment promotion
Members of civil society organisations from the region have called for Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) that truly create the badly needed jobs and meaningfully contribute to development. The call was made in Kigali yesterday as regional government officials responsible for investment promotion convened for a workshop meant to equip them with knowledge on historical perspectives of…