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Absa CIB’s Vinesh Kassen explores the rapid growth in the Middle East-Africa trade corridor, where food security and infrastructure investment are but two new opportunities for sustainable growth.
With the takeover of LawExplorer, the Africa-focused legal intelligence provider aims to scale up its services and tackle the continent’s disjointed regulatory landscape. Legal intelligence company ...
Nottingham Law School’s Dr Chinenye Nriezedi-Anejionu highlights the legal, institutional and regulatory challenges likely to impact upon Nigeria’s ambitious carbon neutral target.
The Africa-focused outfit will have its initial bases in Nigeria, London and United Arab Emirates and cover cross-border transactions. Gabriel Onagoruwa, a former partner and co-founder of Olaniwun ...
The Kenyan energy company aims to start production in the South Lokichar Basin oil and gas exploration blocks. Gulf Energy has acquired 100% of the shares of Tullow Kenya for USD 120 million, with the ...
The Central African country’s new data protection Act enshrines many international standards, but has some unique features which will need careful attention from data controllers, write Aissatou Sylla ...
The firm has snapped up a pair of litigators from a Johannesburg IP group. It is the latest expansion of ENS’ IP function, following the hire of an executive from Witz Inc in January. Papadopoulos has ...
A new report by the international police organisation has revealed escalating levels of cyber-crime across the continent and inadequate capabilities to fight it.
The firm has hired a returning lawyer to its Egypt branch after a nine-month absence. Matouk Bassiouny has added Khaled Diaa as a partner in its Cairo corporate and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) ...
The draft legislation comes as part of the African state’s wider plan to bring the mining sector into the modern era. The South African Mineral Resources Development Bill 2025 (Draft Bill) has been ...
Charles Russell Speechlys partners Thomas Snider and Adrian Mayer explore the Middle Eastern country’s increasingly close relationship with the African continent amid rising levels of private ...
The Africa Declaration on Artificial Intelligence promises ethical AI governance, but participating states will need to confront the challenges of cross-jurisdictional law if they are to make it a ...