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[Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/new-accountable-institutions-have-until-19-march-to-register-with-the-fic) [Corporate Commercial](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/corporate-commercial) [Nigeria](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/nigeria) [Legislation](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/legislation) [Dentons](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/dentons) ## [A review of the Business Facilitation Act and its impact on the Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/a-review-of-the-business-facilitation-act-and-its-impact-on-the-companies-and-allied-matters-act-2020) The Business Facilitation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (the “Act”) became law when, on 14 February 2023, the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, signed the bill passed by the Senate in December 2022. The Act is a legislative brainchild of the.. 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[Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/the-faft-trusts-and-transparency-in-south-africa) [Uganda](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/uganda) [Dispute Resolution](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/dispute-resolution) [Arbitration and mediation](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/arbitration-and-mediation) [ENSafrica](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/ensafrica) ## [The bare arbitration clause: why and how it works in Uganda: A study of the Vinci Coffee arbitration clause](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/the-bare-arbitration-clause-why-and-how-it-works-in-uganda-a-study-of-the-vinci-coffee-arbitration-clause) A bare arbitration clause, like the one included in the government’s contract with Vinci Coffee, merely provides for the submission of disputes to arbitration without specifying the place of the arbitration, the number of arbitrators or the method for establishing t.. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/the-bare-arbitration-clause-why-and-how-it-works-in-uganda-a-study-of-the-vinci-coffee-arbitration-clause) [Corporate Commercial](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/corporate-commercial) [Nigeria](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/nigeria) [Legislation](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/legislation) [Pavestones](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/pavestones) ## [Doing business in Nigeria: the Business Facilitation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/doing-business-in-nigeria-the-business-facilitation-miscellaneous-provisions-act-2023) As part of the commitments of the Federal Government of Nigeria to continuously create an enabling environment for doing business, on February 13, 2023, the Business Facilitation Bill 2022 (also known as the Omnibus Bill) was signed into law. The main objective of the Act.. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/doing-business-in-nigeria-the-business-facilitation-miscellaneous-provisions-act-2023) [Kenya](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/kenya) [Legislation](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/legislation) [Employment and labour](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/employment-and-labour) [Kaplan & Stratton](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/kaplan-stratton) ## [Mandatory NSSF Contributions – NSSF Act, 2013](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/mandatory-nssf-contributions-nssf-act-2013) The Court of Appeal has, by a judgment delivered  on 3rd February 2023, upheld the mandatory contributions to the NSSF (the State Scheme) as prescribed in the NSSF Act, 2013. While this is to  be implemented with immediate effect, we are aware that the j.. 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