0 162021Feb Technology Media And Telecommunications Africa Quarterly E Bulletin In Botswana, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe This e-bulletin highlights key legislative and regulatory developments in the technology, media and telecommunications sectors in sub-Saharan Africa. This issue covers the period 16 October 2020 to 15 January 2021 includes developments from Botswana, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Mauritius, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Botswana Type Approval Verification… Read More
0 242020Nov Is Africa ready for Brexit? In Africa, Kenya, LEX Africa, Local Investment Laws and Indigenisation, Nigeria, South Africa 31 December 2020 is an important date. It’s when Britain leaves the European Union – under a negotiated exit deal, or a no-deal “hard Brexit”. A recent LEX Africa webinar looked at the likely impact of Brexit on African trade and investment with the UK and the EU. In the two years since Britons voted… Read More
0 272020Oct Technology, Media and Telecommunications Africa Quarterly E Bulletin – October 2020 In Africa, Botswana, Cyber Law, Block Chain, Technology, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Media, Broadcasting & Communications, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe This e-bulletin highlights key legislative and regulatory developments in the technology, media and telecommunications sectors in sub-Saharan Africa. This issue covers the period 16 July to 15 October 2020 includes developments in Botswana, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zanzibar and Zimbabwe. Botswana Expression of Interest… Read More
0 202020Oct Nigeria: Covid-19 Pandemic and the doctrines of Force Majeure and frustration of Contract: Impact on Commercial Contracts In General Business Law, Nigeria Introduction: The Covid-19 pandemic has become one of the most serious threats to global markets and international trade seen in recent times with the attendant job losses and many businesses facing insolvency or bankruptcy coupled with the crash of the global stock exchanges. The pandemic has squeezed both supply and demand with vast numbers of… Read More
0 302020Sep Developments in African Arbitration Law In Arbitration, Kenya, Mauritius, Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia Arbitration as a means of settling financial and commercial disputes has burgeoned in Africa in the 21st century – as the continent has grown economically and seen major improvements in governance. What is the current state of play? Arbitration is essentially a procedure to resolve disagreements outside a courtroom, with disputing parties agreeing to submit… Read More
0 292020Sep The social media conundrum In Cyber Law, Block Chain, Technology, Data Privacy, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda Twitter, WhatsApp, Instagram and other social media technologies are hugely popular. But there is a dark side: misinformation and hate speech can affect societies in very negative ways. African governments are part of the global push to regulate social media – but how far should they go? Digital communication is in the crosshairs of the… Read More
0 282020Jul Technology, Media and Telecommunications Update in Africa – July 2020 In Botswana, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Media, Broadcasting & Communications, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe This e-bulletin highlights key legislative and regulatory developments in the technology, media and telecommunications sectors in sub-Saharan Africa. This issue covers the period 16 April 2020 to 15 July 2020 includes developments Botswana, Ethiopia, Eswatini, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe. Botswana Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority intervention towards COVID‑19… Read More
0 252019Nov Opening the money taps into Africa In Africa, Local Investment Laws and Indigenisation, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa Akinwumi Adesina is not a name most people in Africa would recognise, yet it belongs to a man who is, arguably, doing the most to haul the continent out of a rut of underdevelopment and improve the lives of its people. Adesina is president of the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the brains behind this… Read More
0 22019Jul How Nigeria is going local In Local Investment Laws and Indigenisation, Nigeria Promoting “indigenisation” in the Nigerian economy was the subject of a recent LEX Africa seminar, which asked how foreign investors were forging partnerships with local players, using local content and local manufacturing capacity and transferring valuable work skills. There was no shortage of success stories emanating from the gathering in London. Most noteworthy has been… Read More
0 182019Jun US Consulate office in Eko Atlantic, Lagos In Nigeria, Property Law and Real Estate Our Nigerian member firm Giwa-Osagie & Co., recently represented the Government of the United States of America when they purchased a large piece of land to use as its new Consulate office in Eko Atlantic, Lagos. It was a landmark transaction! Here are some of the photographs taken at the closing ceremony of this transaction. Share… Read More