Participating journalists from various African countries in the just ended Media Engagement Workshop organized by the African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF) have with one accord suggested to ATAF to liaise with universities or colleges to introduce a specialized training in tax and business reporting. Adelaide Changole, a Kenyan journalist working for Bloomberg News emphasized that not many journalists are acquainted with jargons in business and taxation, and therefore ATAF should conduct training for those reporting in business and taxation. This is a tough area of reporting and reporters need training in it,” said Christy. He said ATAF relies on donor funding to operate, and anything short of its proposal cannot be supported by the donors. The ATAF Media Engagement Workshop in Johannesburg, South Africa which ran from March 26 to 28, 2018 brought together 75 participants including journalists and revenue authorities’ communications officers.

Source: Daily Observer April 02, 2018 02:26 UTC