Proper legal frameworks, particularly when it comes to contracts, is essential for the success of climate finance tools, writes Christopher Burke of WMC Africa. African countries face an urgent ...

The international legal giant has combined with a prominent local firm in Addis Ababa. Dentons has opened the doors to its first office in Ethiopia, combining with local full-service firm Tamrat ...

The deal was signed in May and finalised in October, with Norton Rose Fulbright acting as legal advisers for Paradigm. Paradigm Tower Ventures has acquired 100% of IHS Rwanda from IHS Holding for USD ...

The Constitutional Court has given male and female parents equal right to parental leave in a groundbreaking decision. Parents in South Africa have been granted a total of four months and 10 days of ...

Vanessa Jacklin-Levin and Rachel Potter of Bowmans look at artificial intelligence tools and the risks they pose in litigation under South African law. As artificial intelligence (AI) tools become ...

The firm has poached a disputes lawyer from Squire Patton Boggs for its Africa-focused group. Balogun joined Fladgate along with fellow dispute resolution partner Tatiana Menshenina, who transferred ...

The country’s data protection authority has initiated investigations targeting over 1,000 organisations suspected of breaching the landmark Nigeria Data Protection Act. Two leading lawyers tell ALB of ...

Nearly two decades after it was first mooted, the competition agency will begin scrutinising cross-border deals within the EAC region. The East African Community Competition Authority (EACCA) will ...

Female-led Nairobi firm Cavendrys aims to provide legal guidance across the technology sector in Kenya and wider Africa. Kenyan lawyers Janet Othero and Catherine Kariuki Mulika have opened the doors ...

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 ...

A shipping disputes specialist has left Clyde & Co to join Norton Rose Fulbright in Cape Town as a director. Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) has hired a shipping and transport litigation and arbitration ...

Tumultuous political circumstances have sparked disputes over uranium resources in the West African state, placing French and Canadian nuclear operations in the balance. Niger has entered a tug of war ...