--- title: Afriwise Blog | Legislation (21) description: Legislation | (21) --- [![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) [Kenya](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/kenya) [Legislation](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/legislation) [Real Estate](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/real-estate) [MWC Legal](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/mwc-legal) ## [The Land Control Bill, 2022](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/the-land-control-bill-2022) The Land Control Bill, 2022 (the Bill) proposes to regulate various land transactions in relation to agricultural land. The Bill intends to repeal and replace the Land Control Act (Chapter 302) and seeks to.. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/the-land-control-bill-2022) [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) [Templars](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/templars) ## [Stress-Testing the Legal Regime for Single-Member Private Companies](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/stress-testing-the-legal-regime-for-single-member-private-companies) The legal framework for single member private companies was one of the major reforms introduced by the Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020 (CAMA). In principle, this corporate structure allows for the formation, management, and operation of a private company, by a singl.. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/stress-testing-the-legal-regime-for-single-member-private-companies) [Tanzania](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/tanzania) [Energy & Natural Resources](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/energy-natural-resources) [Legislation](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/legislation) [Local Content](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/local-content) [Dentons Hamilton Harrison & Mathews](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/dentons-hamilton-harrison-mathews) ## [Amendments to the Local Content Regulations](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/amendments-to-the-local-content-regulations) The Minister responsible for Minerals in Tanzania recently published Government Notice No. 749 of 2022 introducing various amendments to the Local Content Regulations of 2018. Below, we summarise some of the significant changes to the law. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/amendments-to-the-local-content-regulations) [Commercial Crime](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/commercial-crime) [South Africa](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/south-africa) [Legislation](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/legislation) [Money Laundering](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/money-laundering) [Anti-Money laundering](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/anti-money-laundering) [Webber Wentzel](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/webber-wentzel) ## [Update: Cabinet approves the General Laws (Anti-Money Laundering and Combating Terrorism Financing) Amendment Bill Tabled before Parliament](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/update-cabinet-approves-the-general-laws-anti-money-laundering-and-combating-terrorism-financing-amendment-bill-tabled-before-parliament) The General Laws (Anti-Money Laundering and Combating Terrorism Financing) Amendment Bill, 2022, which will make the necessary changes to avoid South Africa being “greylisted”, has been tabled. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/update-cabinet-approves-the-general-laws-anti-money-laundering-and-combating-terrorism-financing-amendment-bill-tabled-before-parliament) [Kenya](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/kenya) [Corporate Commercial](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/corporate-commercial) [Legislation](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/legislation) [KN Law](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/kn-law) ## [Changes To Capital Market Regulations](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/changes-to-capital-market-regulations) The Cabinet Secretary Finance recently gazetted the Capital Markets (Whistleblower Regulations) 2022 to give effect to the amendments to the Capital Markets Act (the Act) in 2018 by setting up a framework for the payment of rewards to whistleblowers. The  amendmen.. 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[Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/legal-alert-approval-of-the-new-electricity-law) [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) [Olaniwun Ajayi](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/olaniwun-ajayi) ## [NNPC Limited: Understanding the Hybrid Identity of Nigeria’s National Oil Company](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/nnpc-limited-understanding-the-legal-status-of-nigerias-national-energy-company) With the historic passage of the Petroleum Industry Act, 2021 (the PIA) there has been an overhaul of the legal and regulatory landscape of the Nigerian oil and gas industry, extending to the establishment of key institutions as regulators of technical and commercial acti.. 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