Christopher Burke, a senior adviser at WMC Africa, explores how greater IP recognition can help young people enter the formal economy. A 23-year-old fashion designer sells hand-printed t-shirts with ...

Online automotive marketplace Sylndr has concluded its Series A funding round, involving notable international and Africa-focused law firms. Egyptian trading platform Sylndr has closed its Series 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 ...

A leading Kenyan arbitration lawyer and one of the country’s top judges have called for Africa to take a lead in international arbitration, and predicted that ESG will remain a prominent issue in ...

The state has diversified its renewable energy supply after prolonged drought destabilised its reliance on hydroelectric power. Zambia has announced the completion of its 100-megawatt (MW) Chisamba ...

The ICC Court unveiled plans for a new African office during its conference in Nairobi, while business representatives reiterated the value of arbitration as a tool for cross-border trade. Lawyers and ...

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 ...

What is the potential of Nigeria’s oil and gas industry under a proposed new law? Hamish McArdle and Tom Edwards of Baker Botts consider the possibilities. Nigeria’s long awaited restructuring of its ...

Aissatou Sylla of Hogan Lovells and José Maria de Pina of Cape Verde’s data protection authority comment on the new amendment to the country’s Data Protection Act. The Republic of Cape Verde has ...

As arbitration in Nigeria is becoming increasingly popular, both government and the judiciary are looking to encourage alternative dispute resolution in the region. Arbitration in Nigeria has been ...

Lawyers in the UK have drawn attention to the mistreatment and persecution of lawyers in Egypt, as part of a UN review of the country’s human rights situation. The Law Society of England and Wales has ...

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 ...