In a bid to ensure proper licensing, regulation, monitoring and supervision of microfinance business in Tanzania, the Minister for Finance has issued a draft Bill on Microfinance to be tabled in the National Assembly very soon ...

Arbitration is perceived as one of the alternative solutions to congestion in the court system ...

On July 12, the Competition Amendment Bill was introduced in Parliament, substantially revising the earlier version of the Bill.

At LEX Africa’s June seminar on developments in competition law in Africa, speakers discussed the increasing trend of governments to try and use competition law as an important part of their industrial policy ...

The country’s infrastructure is broken, but there is room for smart investors to capitalise on its rehabilitation.

Shelf Drilling’s associate general counsel for the Middle East and Africa discusses the changing role of in-house counsel and the effect of technology on the profession.

The Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) commenced the review process in respect of its Act No. 007/2002 of July 11, 2002 on Mining Code (Mining Code) in 2012. The process eventually culminated in the promulgation by the President of the Republic of the Act Amending the Mining Code (Amending Act) ...

Significant strides in Mozambique’s legislation and policies could see a rapid turnaround in the country’s economic situation. In 2016, inflation peaked at 26 percent ...

It is important to remember that Africa is not a country but consists of 54 sovereign states and a huge diversity of cultures, customs, languages, ethnic groups and religions ...

Private equity (PE) as an asset class is a very attractive prospect for investors and has grown substantially across Africa over the past eight years ...

Treasury Proposes New Rules dealing with the Tax Treatment of the conversion of Debt into Equity ...

Africa’s development has been significantly affected by the energy deficit, with an estimated 70 percent of people in sub-Saharan Africa without reliable access to electricity ...

Developments across the region are supporting the development of alternate dispute resolution mechanisms that will promote further investment into Asia’s ...

With implications that are very important for a controlling company, in the recently decided Delatoy case, the Competition Tribunal found that several independent private companies described as the 'Delatoy Group' constitute a single 'firm' for purposes of the Competition Act ...

Despite the automatic termination clause, employers must ensure that the employees’ dismissal is substantively and procedurally fair.