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On 26 December 2023, the Competition and Consumer Protection (Amendment) Act No. 21 of 2023 was passed into law, effectively amending various provisions of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission Act No. 24 of 2010. The new changes to the Principal Act are the ..

Zambia’s Trade Mark legislation is currently the Trade Marks Act (Chapter 401) 1958 In 2023 the Trade Marks Bill 2023 was passed. The commencement date for the Trade Marks Bill 2023 is not yet known and in terms of S155 the Minister may make Regulations for the better car..

A recent (and rare) trademark judgment was handed down on 30 January 2024. The case, Intercontinental Great Brands LLC v Zayaan Investments Limited, involved opposition by IGBL, which holds the trademark OREO, to the trademark MOREO’S, on the basis that they are confusing..

Last year, Zambia passed the Trade Marks Bill 2023 in an effort to revise its archaic trade mark legislation prescribed by the Trade Marks Act (Chapter 401) 1958 (“the Old Act”). The Old Act has been in force for more than six decades.

 

The Old Act did n..

On 6 November 2023, the Minister of Labor and Social Security highlighted the approval of three Statutory Instruments revising minimum wages in Zambia.

Zambia has joined the select group of African nations taking early initiatives to explore innovative green financing methods for funding projects focused on adaptation and sustainable development. On 29 September 2023, Zambia’s Minister of Finance and National Plann..

To enhance transparency and long-term sustainability in the procurement of solicited PPP projects, the PPP Bill proposes a more robust framework and approval process for contracting authorities for projects that have been identified as suitable for development as PPPs. In..

Parliament is expected to usher in a more robust public-private partnership (“PPP”) framework in 2023 and is currently considering the Public Private Partnership Bill (the “PPP Bill”) which came up for first reading on 28 July 2023. Leading up to this Bill, government has em..

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has initiated a market inquiry into the pay television services market in Zambia as it has reason to believe that there are features present within this sector that may pre..