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Clyde & Co.

Tanzania: Updater on the Environment Management Regulations of 2024

This legal update analyses and highlights key provisions of four recently enacted Environmental Management Regulations.

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N. Dowuona & Company

From Paper to Pixels: Transforming Financial Transactions in Ghana

As the world embraces a more digitally connected and technologically advanced future, the landscape of financial transactions is rapidly evolving. Technological advancements, including blockchain platforms and the rise of digital currencies, are paving the way for more se..

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Bowmans

South Africa: Data protection considerations in the National Policy on Data and Cloud, 2024

The Department of Communications and Digital Technologies has published the National Policy on Data and Cloud. The Policy aims to manage and utilise data efficiently, using cloud computing technologies. The objectives of the Policy are to improve government service delive..

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Baker McKenzie

South Africa: Lifeline for ports and rail industry: Draft block exemption regulations for ports and rail 2024

The draft block exemption for ports and rail ("Regulations") was published for public comment on 18 June 2024. The Regulations relax the competition law rules that typically regulate market conduct. This applies in limited circumstances and when the sole purpose of the ag..

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OneLegal

Angola: Law to Combat Illegal Mining Activity

The Angolan parliament (National Parliament) has enacted the Law to Combat Illegal Mining Activity (Law 8/24, of 3 July 2024). The new law criminalizes conduct that stems from the illicit exploitation of mineral resources.

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Bentsi-Enchill, Letsa & Ankomah

Local Equity Participation: Capital Markets to the Rescue

Why are Local Equity Participation Requirements (LEPRs) important in Ghana's economy? How do we strike a strategic balance between upholding LEPRs and promoting critically required foreign direct investment (FDI)? How can the promotion of LEPRs be advanced in the context ..

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Dentons

Federal High Court of Nigeria introduces e-affidavit system

On the 7th of June 2024, the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court of Nigeria issued a Practice Direction which will allow litigants to depose to affidavits electronically at the Federal High Court. The Practice Direction known as the Federal High Court (Practice Directio..

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Webber Wentzel

Latest draft guidance for accountable institutions

The Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) has recently published various pieces of guidance and draft guidance relating to beneficial ownership and the Risk Management and Compliance Programmes (RMCPs) of accountable institutions. The draft guidance is currently undergoing ..

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TripleOKLaw

Climate Change (Amendment) Act 2023 – An Overview

The Climate Change (Amendment) Act, 2023 was enacted on 1 September 2023 and came into force on 15 September 2023. The Act has two main purposes. Firstly, it amends the Climate Change Act No 11 of 2016 to provide for the regulation of carbon markets and a framework for ca..

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