Rwanda’s New Mineral Tax Law is a Leap Towards Enhanced Value Addition

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Rwanda is actively revising its mineral taxation policies, aiming to enhance domestic value addition to minerals and curtail the export of unprocessed raw materials. This initiative, encapsulated in a proposed bill currently under review in parliament, is poised to replace the existing 2013 mineral tax legislation. The rationale behind the bill, as detailed in an…

Uganda Takes a Stand Against Exporting Unprocessed Minerals

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Uganda possesses an abundance of critical mineral resources, such as gold, uranium, limestone, marble, graphite, iron, copper, and cobalt, which hold significant potential to facilitate the nation’s transition to a green economy. These resources were instrumental to Uganda’s economy in the past, contributing up to 35% of the country’s export earnings during the 1950s and…