The African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF) has released its 2025 Annual Report, highlighting the organisation’s growing contribution to strengthening tax systems, advancing domestic revenue mobilisation, and amplifying Africa’s voice in global tax policy discussions.
The report reflects a year of significant progress
across ATAF’s strategic priorities, including capacity building, technical
assistance, research, digital transformation, international tax cooperation,
and institutional strengthening. In 2025 alone, ATAF-supported audit
interventions in member countries generated USD 907.8 million in tax
assessments, of which USD 685.8 million was successfully collected.
Throughout the year, ATAF provided technical
assistance to 35 countries, trained 2,433 tax officials from 43 countries, and
supported legislative and administrative reforms across the continent.
The report also highlights ATAF’s expanding role in
shaping global tax discourse and ensuring African perspectives are reflected in
international tax policy processes, including engagements with the United
Nations Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation and broader
discussions on illicit financial flows, digital taxation, and tax transparency.
Speaking on the release of the report, ATAF Executive
Secretary, Ms Mary Baine, said the report demonstrates the growing urgency and
importance of domestic resource mobilisation in Africa’s development agenda.
“Domestic Resource Mobilisation is no longer optional for Africa; it is the foundation for sustainable development, economic resilience, and fiscal sovereignty.
As external financing declines and fiscal
pressures intensify, African
countries must strengthen tax systems to modernise revenue administration, and build
fiscally resourced states that finance development with integrity,
effectiveness, and measurable results,” said Ms
Baine.
She added that ATAF stands ready, working with
members, partners, and all stakeholders committed to strengthening development
financing through DRM, to support reforms that deliver real impact in the lives
of Africa’s people.
ATAF invites you to read the full ATAF 2025 Annual Report which is available
here: as an account of
progress, a call to sustained collective action and an invitation to continue
this journey with us.
