Policy & engagement

Policy writing

Taxing Mobile Money in Africa: Risk and Reward, with Martin Hearson, Philip Mader, Mary Abounabhan, Marco Carreras, Awa Diouf, Fabrizio Santoro, Hannelore Niesten, and Chris Wales - ICTD Policy Brief, July 2024

Getting Targets Right: How much revenue can lower-income countries raise? with Max Gallien and Giulia Mascagni - ICTD Policy Brief, March 2024

Report on the tax policy-making process in Uganda, with Chris Wales - ODI, December 2020

What's in it for SMEs? Rethinking small business taxation in Uganda, with Max Walter and Ronald Mukasa - Centre for Development Alternatives and Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, November 2019

Blogs and news articles

Uganda's tax system is a drain on small businesses - The Conversation, June 2025

Five reflections from a writing retreat, with Sripriya Srivatsa - ICTD, April 2024

Tackling the hidden costs of taxation: Can digitalisation help? - ICTD, April 2023

Can real-time electronic invoicing fix VAT's problem? - ICTD, April 2023

To tax or not to tax mobile money?, with Philip Mader - NextBillion, July 2022

Quoted in: African governments hope digital taxes will fill a budget hole - The Economist, October 2022