ATAF and Egyptian Tax Authority Partner To Strengthen Regional Tax Capacity Building

The African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF) and the Egyptian Tax Authority (ETA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for ETA to host ATAF trainings for enhanced tax capacity-building across Africa.

The agreement was signed in Cairo during a working visit by the ATAF Executive Secretary, Ms Mary Baine, and the Head of the Egyptian Tax Authority, Mrs Rasha Abdel Aal Radi, in the presence of H.E. Ahmed Kouchouk, Minister of Finance of Egypt.

The MoU provides for the use of the ETA Tax Academy as a host facility for ATAF’s training activities and capacity-building programmes, with a particular focus on English and Arabic-speaking countries across Northern Africa.

Through this partnership, the ETA Tax Academy will serve as one of the ATAF continental hubs for training African tax officials, supporting knowledge exchange and strengthening institutional capacity across ATAF member countries.

“This agreement is a declaration of intent—a shared commitment to build African tax capacity on African soil, anchored in African institutions,” said Ms Mary Baine, ATAF Executive Secretary.

The collaboration will focus on key priority areas for tax administrations, including audit effectiveness, VAT compliance, transfer pricing, exchange of information, digital economy taxation, and data analytics.

The MoU builds on an established record of technical cooperation between ETA and ATAF.

It is expected to support the development of a coordinated training agenda and strengthen regional collaboration in tax administration, contributing to broader efforts to enhance domestic revenue mobilisation across the continent.

This partnership forms part of ATAF’s overall regionalisation strategy and member-centric approach, both aimed at bringing services closer to members for greater visibility and impact.

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