REEP staff have travelled a lot in February and March. In this newsletter, REEP report on Estelle and Zunda attending a meeting in Nairobi organized by Tax Justice Network Africa. Mxolisi and Nur attended the ACBF's annual tobacco control planning and coordination meeting in Zimbabwe. Estelle also joined the African Health Economics Association conference in Kigali, and was a member of a needs assessment mission to Malawi. 

In 2023 Malawi ratified the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, becoming the 183rd party to do so. Estelle Dauchy was invited by the FCTC Secretariat to participate in a WHO FCTC needs assessment mission in Malawi, held in Lilongwe from 10-14 February 2025. This mission was held in partnership with the Malawi Ministry of Health. Estelle represented the WHO FCTC Knowledge Hub on Taxation. 

At home, REEP organized a public lecture by Mr Logan Wort, the outgoing CEO of the African Tax Administration Forum.

Read the e-newsletter in full here.