The Uganda Parliament has passed the Traffic and Road Safety (Amendment) Bill 2019 ...

Following our Newsflash issued on 4th October 2019, the President of the Republic of Kenya, H.E. Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta, refused to assent to the Law of Contract (Amendment) Bill, 2019 (the Bill).

The board of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (Commission) has made a finding against seven suppliers of fish fingerlings in Zambia, for engaging in cartel conduct.

In an effort to enhance cartel detection in Kenya, the Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) has launched an Informants Reward Scheme (Scheme)

On 13 October 2020, the Competition Tribunal (Tribunal) confirmed, as an order, a consent agreement between Shoprite Checkers (Pty) Ltd (Shoprite) and the Competition Commission (Commission).

Shareholder claims revisited - what is the current position following the recent Steinhoff and African Bank judgments?

An investigation mandated under the Data Protection and Privacy Act, 2019 (DPPA), by the National Information Technology Authority – Uganda (NITA-U) has found that SafeBoda unlawfully shared clients' data with third parties.

This conversion has various implications for persons with interests in land in Nairobi.

The year 2020 was not business as usual as the outbreak of the new COVID-19 virus disrupted and tested the resilience of global economies, health systems, supply chains, industries and businesses.

On 30 October 2020, the Government of the Republic of Malawi (Government), through the Ministry of Trade, initiated a project entitled the Enhancement of Competition...

Having delivered an unprecedented systemic shock to economies across the world, the COVID-19 pandemic has precipitated sharp drops in M&A deal value and volume in Africa.

South Africa operates a system of exchange controls that seek to regulate the flow of capital in and out of the country.

As another Budget Speech looms, one can only hope that the Minister of Finance will provide positive news to encourage further investment in the oil and gas industry.

In an important case recently handed down by the Constitutional Court, it was found that domestic workers employed in private households can now claim for work-related injuries

Following the release of its position paper in February 2019, the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) published its long-awaited draft regulations

Under tax incentives, the Minister proposed to introduce a local content allowance for income tax, relating to the use of selected local raw materials, at the rate of 2%.

In his Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement, in October 2019, Finance Minister Mboweni warned that new tax measures may be announced.

Zambia has a mining history that spans over 100 years. Mining continues to play a major role in the economic development of the country, with copper being approximately 77% of total exports.

Founders of businesses will usually inject large amounts of intellectual capital into their ventures apart from economic capital from banks and seed capital from investment pundits.

Data Privacy Day is an initiative of the Council of Europe that was first launched in 2007. It is now celebrated internationally and the primary purpose is to increase data protection and online...