--- title: Afriwise Blog | Legislation (12) description: Legislation | (12) --- [![Afriwise](https://insights.afriwise.com/hubfs/Logos/Afriwise/Afriwise%20logo.svg)](https://afriwise.com/) - [Products](https://afriwise.com/law-products-africa/) - [Countries](https://afriwise.com/countries-covered/) - [About Afriwise](https://afriwise.com/about-afriwise/) - [Contact](https://afriwise.com/contact/) - [News](https://news.afriwise.com/) - [Insights](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog) [Schedule a demo](https://afriwise.com/contact/) [Log in](https://afriwise.com/login/) - [Products](https://afriwise.com/law-products-africa/) - [Countries](https://afriwise.com/countries-covered/) - [Solutions](https://afriwise.com/solutions/) - [About Afriwise](https://afriwise.com/about-afriwise/) - Insights - [Contact](https://afriwise.com/contact/) - [News](https://news.afriwise.com/) [Schedule a demo](https://afriwise.com/contact/) [Log in](https://afriwise.com/login/) # Welcome to Africa’s legal blog Never miss a beat on Africa's legal and regulatory landscape. - [Legislation (287)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/legislation) - [South Africa (227)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/south-africa) - [Nigeria (157)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/nigeria) - [Kenya (151)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/kenya) - [Financial Services (128)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/financial-services) - [ICT (106)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/ict) - [Tanzania (102)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/tanzania) - [Regulation (87)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/regulation) - [Corporate Commercial (84)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/corporate-commercial) - [Tax (84)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/tax) - [Case discussion (78)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/case-discussion) - [Uganda (66)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/uganda) - [Intellectual Property (58)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/intellectual-property) - [Energy & Natural Resources (57)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/energy-natural-resources) - [Ghana (55)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/ghana) - [Employment and labour (52)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/employment-and-labour) - [Data Protection (49)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/data-protection) - [Mozambique (49)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/mozambique) - [Commercial Crime (48)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/commercial-crime) - [Competition/Antitrust (48)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/competition-antitrust) - [Dispute Resolution (47)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/dispute-resolution) - [Mauritius (46)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/mauritius) - [Environment (44)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/environment) - [Zambia (38)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/zambia) - [Projects and Procurement (26)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/projects-and-procurement) [Nigeria](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/nigeria) [Tax](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/tax) [Legislation](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/legislation) [Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/udo-udoma-belo-osagie) ## [FIRS announces effective date for Finance Act 2023](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/firs-announces-effective-date-for-finance-act-2023) 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 .. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/firs-announces-effective-date-for-finance-act-2023) [Corporate Commercial](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/corporate-commercial) [South Africa](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/south-africa) [Legislation](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/legislation) [Fluxmans](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/fluxmans) ## [Companies Second Amendment Bill: DTIC moves on Zondo recommendations](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/companies-second-amendment-bill-dtic-moves-on-zondo-recommendations) On 14 August 2023 a notice was published in the Government Gazette to introduce two Amendment Bills to the Companies Act. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/companies-second-amendment-bill-dtic-moves-on-zondo-recommendations) [Mauritius](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/mauritius) [Tax](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/tax) [Legislation](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/legislation) [Venture Law](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/venture-law) ## [Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/finance-miscellaneous-provisions-act-2023) 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.  [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/finance-miscellaneous-provisions-act-2023) [Nigeria](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/nigeria) [Energy & Natural Resources](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/energy-natural-resources) [Legislation](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/legislation) [Electricity](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/electricity) [Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/udo-udoma-belo-osagie) ## [The Nigerian Electricity Act 2023: Illuminating the path towards Power Sector transformation in Nigeria](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/the-nigerian-electricity-act-2023-illuminating-the-path-towards-power-sector-transformation-in-nigeria) 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 .. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/the-nigerian-electricity-act-2023-illuminating-the-path-towards-power-sector-transformation-in-nigeria) [Ghana](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/ghana) [Tax](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/tax) [Legislation](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/legislation) [Bentsi-Enchill, Letsa & Ankomah](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/bentsi-enchill-letsa-ankomah) ## [Key Changes Under the Income Tax (Amendment) Act, 2023 (Act 1094)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/key-changes-under-the-income-tax-amendment-act-2023-act-1094) 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.. 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[Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/ugandas-competition-and-consumer-protection-act-delayed-but-all-is-well) [Kenya](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/kenya) [Environment](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/environment) [Legislation](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/legislation) [Carbon trading](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/carbon-trading) [ENSafrica](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/ensafrica) ## [The Carbon Credit Trading and Benefit Sharing Bill, 2023](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/the-carbon-credit-trading-and-benefit-sharing-bill-2023) A draft Carbon Credit Trading and Benefit Sharing Bill, 2023 (the "Carbon Trading Bill") has been approved by the National Assembly Budget and Appropriations Committ.. 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