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## [The Cybersecurity and Cybercrime Act 2021](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/the-cybersecurity-and-cybercrime-act-2021)

The new Cybersecurity and Cybercrime Act 2021 (the ‘’Act’’) enacted on 19 November 2021 repeals the Computer Misuse and Cybercrime Act 2003. The new legislation provides for a National Cybersecurity Committee (the ‘‘Committee’’) and a comprehensive legal framework to deal.. 

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## [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It is no longer news that the provisions of the new Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA), 2020, which repealed and replaced the erstwhile Companies and Matters Act (CAMA), 1990 introduced several innovations aimed at improving business operation in Nigeria and the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.. 

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## [Host Communities and Funds under the Petroleum Industry Act 2021](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/host-communities-and-funds-under-the-petroleum-industry-act-2021)

Goldsmiths Solicitors PIA Series IV Introduction

In this concluding part of our series examining the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) 2021, we tak.. 

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## [The Impact of Section 43(2) of the Plant Variety Protection Act 2021](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/the-impact-of-section-432-of-the-plant-variety-protection-act-2021)

 The introduction of the Plant Variety Protection Act (PVPA) in Nigeria created intellectual property (IP) right incentives to breeders as well as an access to foreign collaboration. The lack of a regulatory framework protecting IP in new plant varieties had discouraged forei.. 

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## [A Look at Ghana’s Right to Information Act](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/a-look-at-ghanas-right-to-information-act)

Government institutions are now obliged to provide information about governance to the public. Under the new Right to Information Act, 2019 (Act 989), a person who applies for information from a public institution is not required to provide a reason unless the .. 

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<https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/production-sharing-contracts-and-kenyas-petroleum-act>

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## [Production sharing contracts and Kenya’s Petroleum Act](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/production-sharing-contracts-and-kenyas-petroleum-act)

The new Petroleum Act aims to facilitate greater accountability and transparency and to bring the legislative framework, relating to the upstream sector, in line with current industry standards and practices.

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<https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/significant-changes-for-mainland-tanzania-businesses-operating-in-zanzibar>

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## [Significant Changes for Mainland Tanzania Businesses Operating in Zanzibar](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/significant-changes-for-mainland-tanzania-businesses-operating-in-zanzibar)

The Zanzibar Ministry of Trade and Industrial Development (the **Ministry**) recently issued a Public Notice dated 21 September 2021 on the amendment of the Zanzibar Companies Act No 5 of 2013 (the **Companies Act**), which regulates co.. 

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<https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/draft-companies-amendment-bill-snapshot-of-key-proposed-amendments>

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## [Draft Companies Amendment Bill - snapshot of key proposed amendments](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/draft-companies-amendment-bill-snapshot-of-key-proposed-amendments)

 A new draft of the Companies Amendment Bill has been published. Although the Bill clarifies many important company law issues; several ambiguities related to the current Act remain. 

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