Benin has joined a fray and growing list of African states imposing spurious taxes on citizens for using the internet. The government passed a decree in late August taxing its citizens for accessing the internet and social-media apps. The directive, first proposed in July, institutes a fee (link in French) of 5 CFA francs ($0.008) per megabyte consumed …
Ugandans are resorting to Virtual Private Network (VPN) to bypass paying the daily excise duty charge on Over-The-Top (OTT) services to evade the infamous social media tax that came into effect at midnight, July 1, 2018. According to a random survey on social media done by the Daily Monitor, several people had resorted to V …
Uganda’s parliament has passed a law to impose a controversial tax on people using social media platforms. The new Excise Duty (Amendment) Bill will also impose various other taxes, including a 1% levy on the total value of mobile money transactions – which civil society groups complain will affect poorer Ugandans who rarely use banking …
Cybercrime throughout Uganda is resulting in a loss of up to 122 billion Ugandan shillings for the nation according to a new Africa cybersecurity report for 2016, as compiled by Kenyan cybercrime organization, Serianu Cyber Threat Intelligence. Internet usage is growing rapidly in Uganda. Data from the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs shows …
The Uganda’s communications regulator said it has blocked some social-media platforms to stop further campaigning during presidential elections in the East African nation. Bloomberg Reported. “It’s a breach of the law to campaign on election day,” Godfrey Mutabazi, executive director of the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), said in an interview with private broadcaster NTV in …