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Sal & Caldeira Advogados

New Regulations on Public Procurement

The procurement for public works, supply of goods and services from public entities has been undergoing constant changes over the years. Decree Law no. 48817 of 19 February 1969, applicable to Mozambique through Ordinance 555/71 of 12 October (Regulation of Works and Supp..

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Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

Q&A on the Employment Equity Amendment

President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law the Employment Equity Amendment Act 4 of 2022. The Act amends the Employment Equity Act of 1998 (Act 55 of 1998) with new measures to promote diversity and equality in the workplace. The effective date is yet to be proclaimed ..

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Bentsi-Enchill, Letsa & Ankomah

Parliament Passes the Growth and Sustainability Levy Bill, 2022

Parliament on 31 March 2023 passed the Growth and Sustainability Levy Bill, 2022 (the Bill). The Bill, which shall come into force following presidential assent and publication in the Gazette, seeks to introduce a new levy, the Grow..

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Olaniwun Ajayi

9 Nuggets from the New Copyright Act

On the 17th of March 2023, the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria signed the copyright bill into law, as projected in our 2022 IP Wrap-up and 2023 Forward publication. This assent marks the end of the 35-year-old tenure of the old Copyright Act and signals..

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MDR Advogados

Developments in public procurement

The decree which approves the new Regulation for Contracting Public Works, Supply of Goods and Provision of Services to the State, namely Decree no. 79/2022, of December 30, was recently published, revoking the diploma previously in force.

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Jackson, Etti & Edu

Nigeria’s Copyright Bill Signed into Law

President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law the Copyright Bill, which is geared towards protecting the rights of authors of original works. This development in Nigeria’s creative industry would ensure that authors receive the proper recognition and financial reward for..

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Webber Wentzel

New accountable institutions have until 19 March to register with the FIC

Our Financial Regulation team recently prepared a client alert with details about entities that are deemed accountable institutions i..

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Dentons

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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Pavestones

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..

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