Kenyan startup Empower Smart Limited has launched the region’s first fully automated digital escrow app (‘Empower Smart App”) to assist the ecommerce sector.  An escrow is a financial and legal…

On 13th June 2022, the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) issued the draft Code of Practice for Interactive Computer Service Platforms/Internet Intermediaries, which is intended to set out best…

The final signing into law of the NEMLA Act has introduced a major shift in South Africa’s environmental legislation from 24 June 2022 and will deter non-compliance with environmental laws.…

On the final day of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2022 (CHOGM 2022) in Kigali, under the theme of ‘Delivering a Common Future: Connecting, Innovating, Transforming’. Heads of State…

The 2022 Africa Youth Survey report by the Ichikowitz Family Foundation (IFF), released recently in celebration of World Refugee Day, found that economic strife, insecurity, corruption, political intolerance, unreliable internet,…

The Centre offers foreign investors in the financial sector exclusive deals—including taxes and immigration incentives—and space in the new building. Firms seeking to join the Centre are required to pay…

The African Development Bank has recently pointed out that urbanisation is one of the most profound transformations that the African continent will undergo in the 21st century. Africa’s cities are…

The Africa Trade and Customs Week Summit from 11-13 July will take place in Durban (https://africatradeandcustomsweek.co.za/) and I will be moderating the session “Identifying the opportunities and challenges posed by…

EFSA held four extraordinarily successful sessions at the South African Industry and Trade Exhibition on 19-221 June, including a fascinating session by Sanele Simmons of the Mall for Women on…