--- title: Afriwise Blog | Penalties description: Penalties | --- [![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) [Competition/Antitrust](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/competition-antitrust) [Penalties](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/penalties) [Kaplan & Stratton](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/kaplan-stratton) ## [Competition Authority penalises firms for cartel conduct](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/competition-authority-penalises-firms-for-cartel-conduct) On Wednesday, 23 August 2023, the Competition Authority of Kenya (the Authority) announced its verdict, imposing sanctions and penalties on nine (9) steel manufacturers for engaging in the practice of price fixing and output restriction. The penalty, amounting to KES 338,.. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/competition-authority-penalises-firms-for-cartel-conduct) [Competition/Antitrust](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/competition-antitrust) [Zambia](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/zambia) [Penalties](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/penalties) [Abuse of Dominance](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/abuse-of-dominance) [Bowmans](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/bowmans) ## [Zambia: Airtel Money and Farm Depot fined for anti-competitive business practices](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/zambia-airtel-money-and-farm-depot-fined-for-anti-competitive-business-practices) The Board of Commissioners of the Zambian Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has fined Airtel Money, a mobile money service provider, and Avian Ventures Ltd, an agro-retail business trading as Farm Depot Zambia, 3% of their .. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/zambia-airtel-money-and-farm-depot-fined-for-anti-competitive-business-practices) [South Africa](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/south-africa) [Competition/Antitrust](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/competition-antitrust) [Penalties](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/penalties) [Werksmans Attorneys](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/werksmans-attorneys) ## [Tsunami of a Penalty as “Lucky Monopolist” gets Unlucky](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tsunami-of-a-penalty-as-lucky-monopolist-gets-unlucky) In a rare display of its utmost displeasure, the Competition Tribunal this year imposed the maximum penalty for first time offenders of the Competition Act \[1\] on Tsutsumani Business Enterprise CC, being 10% of its to.. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tsunami-of-a-penalty-as-lucky-monopolist-gets-unlucky) [Competition/Antitrust](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/competition-antitrust) [Zambia](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/zambia) [Penalties](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/penalties) [Bowmans](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/bowmans) ## [Competition and Consumer Protection Commission levies maximum penalties for anti-competitive trade practices in the cement industry](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/competition-and-consumer-protection-commission-levies-maximum-penalties-for-anti-competitive-trade-practices-in-the-cement-industry) Zambia’s Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (**Commission**) has fined Lafarge Zambia plc (**Lafarge**) and Mpande Limestone Ltd (**Mpande**) 10% of their annual turnovers in 2019 and 2020, following findings that these c.. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/competition-and-consumer-protection-commission-levies-maximum-penalties-for-anti-competitive-trade-practices-in-the-cement-industry) [Competition/Antitrust](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/competition-antitrust) [COMESA](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/comesa) [Penalties](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/penalties) [Webber Wentzel](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/webber-wentzel) ## [COMESA issues first-ever merger-related fine - the time for soft enforcement is over](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/comesa-competition-commission-issues-first-ever-merger-related-fine-the-time-for-soft-enforcement-is-over) On 6 September 2021, the COMESA Competition Commission (CCC) issued its first fine for failure to notify a transaction to the CCC within the prescribed time period under Article 24 (1) of the COMESA Competition Regulations of 2004 (Regulations). The fine was imposed in re.. 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