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Youth should care. The main reason is because we’re paying, but not heard. Africa is the youngest continent in the world, with over 60% of its population under the age of 25. Yet despite being the majority, young people are among the most heavily taxed, especially through consumption taxes such as VAT on airtime, mobile money, transport, and everyday goods.
Prioritizing Children in the FY2025/26 Planning and Budgeting Process
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Implementing the Auditor General’s Recommendations for Fiscal Discipline and Domestic Resource Mobilisation in Uganda
Fiscal discipline reduces unsustainable debt levels, freeing resources for investments in sectors like agriculture, tech, and green industries, which are critical for youth employment.
Outcome document of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development
The leaders committed to “strengthen measures to curb corrupt borrowing and lending, including by enhancing domestic legal frameworks as appropriate, including clarifications regarding the authority to borrow, and fully utilizing UNCAC and its Conference of the State Parties to explore options to make such contracts unenforceable. We will establish a platform for borrower countries with support from existing institutions, and a UN entity serving as its secretariat.
Mashindano ya ubunifu wa vijana wa kiafrika 2025
Kutambua hili, Youth for Tax Justice Network (YTJN) inapendekeza Shindano la Sanaa kwa Vijana Barani Afrika. Lengo ni kutumia ubunifu wa vijana wa Kiafrika kukuza fikra mpya na kuelewa wa ngazi ya jamii kuhusu masuala muhimu ya utawala wa kiuchumi, yakiwemo deni la umma, AfCFTA, fedha za hali ya hewa, urejeshaji wa mali, na Mkataba wa Umoja wa Mataifa kuhusu Ushirikiano wa Kodi wa Kimataifa.
Pan African Youth Perspectives on FFD
Africa, home to the youngest and fastest growing population globally, has faced shrinking fiscal space, capital flight, and uneven access to international financial markets. For African youth, who not only represent over 70% of the continent’s population but also the continent’s potential drivers of innovation and growth, these challenges translate into restricted opportunities, heightened vulnerabilities, and a fragile future.