Across the border, a mirror initiative has generated double the revenue, yet local creatives cannot access a single cent.
Tanzanian artists are set to receive Tsh1.5 billion (Sh74 million) in royalties from the country's blank tape levy collections.
Kenyan creatives would also have reason to celebrate, with Sh150 million already collected under the same levy. However, unlike in Tanzania, the money remains locked away in government accounts, frozen by the court.
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Tanzania will distribute blank tape levy royalties to artistes while Kenya’s $1.2 million payout remains frozen in a court…
Just two weeks after Tanzania and Kenyan leaders agreed to remove all trade barriers by mid-year in an effort to raise the…
Business Day TV speaks to Mudiwa Gavaza from Business Day
The last fortnight has, in many ways, reignited a deeply-ingrained historical brotherhood between Kenya and Tanzania.
In February, Afrobeats singer Tems won the Grammy for Best African Music Performance. Her achievement underscores the genre’s…
The Kenya-South Africa Double Tax Agreement was signed in November 2010 and became effective from January 1, 2016.
