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.

Ethiopia has decreed that future power infrastructure projects will be subject to a mandatory competitive tender process, to obtain best value and raise transparency in the sector.

The firm has snapped up a White & Case lawyer for its Johannesburg office. Webber Wentzel has hired banking and finance lawyer Olwethu Gusha as a partner in its banking and finance practice. The firm ...

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 agency has retracted its opposition to the deal after the two companies agreed to terms to uphold competition in the sector. The Competition Commission of South Africa has approved a merger ...

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 ...

The firm has selected two Johannesburg lawyers and one in Cairo among its 59 new partners. Baker McKenzie has elevated three African lawyers to partner in its latest round of promotions. The firm ...

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 full-service commercial law firm will cover a range of practices including dispute resolution, energy and IP. Founding partner Joshua Abe tells ALB about the new outfit’s ambitious plan to become ...

The Court of Appeal in London has refused a bid to appeal against the setting-aside of one of Nigeria’s most notorious multibillion-dollar arbitral awards.