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This is more apparent considering the sweeping impact that the fourth industrial revolution driven largely by Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) is alread.. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/trademarks-and-cultural-appropriation-what-is-really-unprotectable) [Ghana](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/ghana) [Energy](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/energy) [Oil & Gas](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/oil-gas) [M&A](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/ma) [Bentsi-Enchill, Letsa & Ankomah](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/bentsi-enchill-letsa-ankomah) ## [Mergers and Acquisitions considerations in Ghana’s upstream oil and gas industry](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/mergers-and-acquisitions-considerations-in-ghanas-upstream-oil-and-gas-industry) Ghana does not have a general competition or antitrust legislation. As a result, there is no general competition regulator that oversees merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions. M&A transactions are, therefore, subject to industry-specific regulation. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/mergers-and-acquisitions-considerations-in-ghanas-upstream-oil-and-gas-industry) [Energy](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/energy) [South Africa](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/south-africa) [Renewable Energy](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/renewable-energy) [Baker McKenzie](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/baker-mckenzie) ## [South Africa: Green hydrogen policy - a rapidly growing timeline of important developments](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/south-africa-green-hydrogen-policy-a-rapidly-growing-timeline-of-important-developments) As an essential component of South Africa’s energy transition, the production, transport, storage and use of green hydrogen, has been the subject of numerous policy updates and public and private sector commitments in the country, especially in the last year. The timeline.. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/south-africa-green-hydrogen-policy-a-rapidly-growing-timeline-of-important-developments) [Foreign Investment](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/foreign-investment) [Zambia](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/zambia) [Webber Wentzel](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/webber-wentzel) ## [Spotlight on Zambia - New Dawn government undertakes various reforms to attract private sector investors](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/spotlight-on-zambia-new-dawn-government-undertakes-various-reforms-to-attract-private-sector-investors) ​​​The Zambian government is prioritizing administrative reform and tackling the ease of doing business to stimulate investment in energy and mining. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/spotlight-on-zambia-new-dawn-government-undertakes-various-reforms-to-attract-private-sector-investors) [Kenya](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/kenya) [Real Estate](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/real-estate) [Dentons Hamilton Harrison & Mathews](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/dentons-hamilton-harrison-mathews) ## [Recent developments in relation to land transactions and dealings](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/recent-developments-in-relation-to-land-transactions-and-dealings) Historically, foreign investors have had to obtain Presidential Consent to transact in first and second row beach plots along the Kenyan coastline. Recognising that this requirement is unconstitutional, on 29 October 2021 the Environmental and Land Court (the Court) decla.. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/recent-developments-in-relation-to-land-transactions-and-dealings) [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) [Punuka](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/punuka) ## [Court Delivers Ruling on Pioneer Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) in Nigeria](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/court-delivers-ruling-on-pioneer-company-voluntary-arrangement-cva-in-nigeria) It is no longer news that the provisions of the new Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA), 2020, which repealed and replaced the erstwhile Companies and Matters Act (CAMA), 1990 introduced several innovations aimed at improving business operation in Nigeria and the prot.. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/court-delivers-ruling-on-pioneer-company-voluntary-arrangement-cva-in-nigeria) [Kenya](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/kenya) [Financial Services](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/financial-services) [Risk Management](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/risk-management) [Dentons Hamilton Harrison & Mathews](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/dentons-hamilton-harrison-mathews) ## [The Central Bank of Kenya's guidance on climate-related risk management: A critical step towards building business resilience](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/the-central-bank-of-kenyas-guidance-on-climate-related-risk-management-a-critical-step-towards-building-business-resilience) The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) recently published Guidance on Climate-Related Risk Management (the Guidance) for the banking sector and mortgage finance companies. 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