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The Malaysian economy continued to expand throughout 2015, shaking off falling commodity prices, weaker growth in China and a sharp depreciation of the local currency.
Kenya has a broad taxation system covering income taxes, value-added tax (VAT) and Customs and excise duty. These are governed by independent legislations that make provisions for the charge, assessment and collection of the respective taxes. The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has different sections that deal with the above taxes and have...
A modern tax framework should make tax systems, processes, methods and laws more convenient to all taxpayers. In the 21st century, modernisation through IT platforms has reduced the number of inconveniences faced by taxpayers in the past.
Compared to other African countries, Kenya has a crowded banking sector. In June 2015, in a country of 43m people, there were 43 commercial banks. The top 10 banks take 70% of the market. There are also 12 microfinance banks, eight representative offices of foreign banks, 86 foreign-exchange bureaus, 14 money-remittance providers, three credit...
Nowhere is the ability of Kenyans to turn technology to commercial use better illustrated than in mobile banking. They use their phones to pay for goods and bills, make deposits and withdraw cash from agents, buy insurance, for public transport and to transfer to relatives. According to the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK), the value of...
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