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In a recent update, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (“FIRS”) officially communicated the revised effective date for the implementation of the Finance Act 2023 ( “the Act”). This update by the FIRS follows the deferment of the commencement of the Act by the Finance Act ..
In this comprehensive glossary, we demystify the jargon, acronyms, and concepts that define the fintech universe.
On 14 August 2023 a notice was published in the Government Gazette to introduce two Amendment Bills to the Companies Act.
Following the presentation of the National Budget for Mauritius for the financial year 2023-2024, the Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 was enacted on 20th July 2023 to translate some of the proposed measures into law.
Kenya’s ICT sector is set to receive a major boost following the recent removal of mandatory local shareholding requirements by the Cabinet Secretary for Information, Communications, and Digital Economy. The move is aimed at enhancing the country's digital eco..
Prior to 2005, the Nigerian power sector was largely government-owned. With the enactment of the Electric Power Sector Reform Act in 2005 (“EPSRA”), this monopoly was unbundled and the sector was reformed with the privatisation of the generation and distribution segments ..
The Income Tax (Amendment) Act, 2023 (Act 1094) (the Income Tax Amendment) was enacted on 31 March 2023 and became effective on 3 April 2023, following presidential assent and its publication in the gazette. The purpose of this update is to highlight and comment on the ke..
In a bid to bolster domestic investments and promote economic growth, the Government of Tanzania (the GoT) recently revoked the Tanzania Investment Regulations, 2002 (the TIR) and enacted the Tanzania Investment Regulations GN No. 477 of 2023 (the New Investment Reg..
