Meeting President George Weah of Liberia in Brussels pitching Smartr Tax as a solution for administrating tax collection from the informal sector.
Stockholm Tax Conference
Former president Thabo Mbeki, Minister of Finance Magdalena Andersson, Hans Becker CEO Redflash and Madeleine Taylor Head of Communication and Strategy at Redflash.
Red Flash participated at the Stockholm Tax Conference, a conference initiated by the Swedish Government with 500 participants from 160 countries. Hans Becker talked about Red Flash, formalizing the informal sector and tax collection.
Stockholm Tax Conference
Stockholm Tax Conference will during 30-31 May gather 500 participants from 160 countries! The aim is to double tax revenue in developing countries and to promote strong societies, socio-economic development, resilient institutions, and stability. @redflashmobile will be in the panel in Breakout session 7: Digital identification – building trust through development.
We are looking forward towards the conference and to meeting you all.
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Madeleine Taylor awarded "Best Diaspora Startup of the year"
Madeleine Taylor with with Tomba Trawally (Liberia).
The company of Madeleine Taylor, our head of strategy and communication, was awarded "Best Diaspora Startup of the year" given by African Builders Economy (9e Edition) with Tomba Trawally (Liberia). Congratulations Madeleine!
Redflash, digitization and gender equality
Assatou Diallo Fall, CEO Redflash Senegal FOTO: Nanny Ålander
Last Friday we met Aissatou Diallo Fall, who is CEO of Redflash in Senegal. Redflash is a Swedish company that works to digitize the informal sector in Senegal. read more here (Swedish article).
Meeting the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in Douala Cameroon
We had a great meeting with the IFC - International Finance Corporation, the sister organization of The World Bank, and the largest global development institution focused exclusively on the private sector in developing countries. Discussing the digitization of the informal sector and the great opportunities that lie ahead.
New office space
Moving into the Norrsken House. Ylva Nicolae Santesson will take a seat. Norrsken House is a creative cluster for more than 300 entrepreneurs in Stockholm solving some of the biggest challenges of our time.
Meeting Honorable Patrick Chinamasa, Minister of Finance and Economic Development of Zimbabwe
Meeting Honorable Patrick Chinamasa, Minister of Finance and Economic Development of Zimbabwe. Talking about digitizing the informal sector and digital tax collection. Zimbabwe has a population of 18 million people, most of them in the informal sector.
In 2017, 80% of all money transactions were electronic transactions, while cash just accounted for 20% of transactions. A big challenge, big opportunity!