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A nationwide shutdown by traders in Malawi has exposed a dispute that goes far beyond a new tax technology. (Malawi24/X)
AFRICA

Malawi trader shutdown exposes deeper tension over tax reform and economic crisis

Malawi’s rollout of a digital tax platform has triggered widespread business protests, with traders arguing that economic pressures and foreign exchange shortages were ignored…

  • Collins Mtika
5 min read
The tobacco industry brings in 60% of Malawi’s foreign earnings and employs half a million people. (GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP via Getty Images)
AFRICA

Smokes and mirrors: How Big Tobacco may have avoided Malawi’s taxman

Alliance One may have moved $4.2-million in taxable profits out of the country

  • Josephine Chinele
  • Zuza Nazaruk
5 min read