Silver Kayondo of Ortus Advocates in Uganda gives a legal and regulatory update for technology companies operating in East Africa for 2025 and beyond. The East African region, notably in Uganda, Kenya ...

The development finance institution has made a USD 50 million investment in the Lagos Free Zone, Nigeria’s inaugural privately developed free-trade zone. LFZC received legal advice from international ...

The divisive Bill has now been signed into law, but various political parties have slammed the law for being unconstitutional and enforcing expropriation without compensation. South Africa President ...

A transactional lawyer with near two decades’ practice has left a local firm to join Herbert Smith Freehills in Johannesburg, adding high-level experience in cross-border, private equity and Black ...

The Nairobi-headquartered firm has announced a changing of the guard as its managing partner of 23 years steps down. Onyango-Oduor has 23 years of experience as a lawyer and specialises in dispute ...

The financial injection aims to enhance the education of 7,500 students across 10 states. Adiwale Fund I and Africa CapitalWorks (ACW) have invested USD 24 million into Enko Education, the educational ...

A busy year is predicted for investment and M&A in Kenya thanks to increased infrastructure investment, and despite some political and exchange rate concerns, writes Paras Shah, managing partner of ...

The organisation has added the former head of the South Africa Takeover Regulation Panel to its leadership. The Arbitration Foundation of Southern Africa (AFSA) has appointed Andile Nikani as its ...

The Institute of Race Relations has raised concerns over the controversial Expropriation Act, warning of a dire knock-on effect for banks, property buyers and businesses. The South African ...

The deal has doubled Norfund’s stake in an Africa-focused green energy solutions company. Norwegian investment fund Norfund has doubled its investment in renewable energy solutions company ...

The National Bank of Angola has released new banking regulations aimed at improving stability in the southwestern African country’s financial system. Directive number 1 of 2025, or 01/2025, was ...