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Social media taxation and its impact on Africa's economic growth
Author(s) -
Kasadha Juma,
Alli Adam A.,
Basuuta Aisha Kasujja,
Mpoza Abdulhamid
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of public affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.221
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 1479-1854
pISSN - 1472-3891
DOI - 10.1002/pa.2004
Subject(s) - social media , affordance , government (linguistics) , realization (probability) , economics , political science , business , psychology , linguistics , philosophy , statistics , mathematics , law , cognitive psychology
Technology affordances enable citizens to digitally connect and collectively act towards realization of established economic goals of a given country. This paper contributes to scholarly discussions on the effects of social media tax on Africa's economic growth. For African economies to grow, there is need to abolish social media tax and device means through which social media discussions that generate billions of data are captured and analyzed to guide policymaking processes aimed at economic growth. We connote that social media tax disengages the government from its citizens that access information through social media platforms. The tax is a hindrance to realization of the Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy for Africa (STISA‐2024) and the African Union (AU) Agenda 2063.