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It’s about time we collect digital taxes

With the internet penetration rates continuing to grow in Kenya and across the African continent, more Silicon Valley tech giants are setting base to offer their services.

In 2005, only 2.1 per cent of Africans used the internet. Fifteen years later, in 2020, almost 40 per cent of Africans have access to the internet, according to the Internet World Stats website. In Kenya, the number is far higher.

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