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Africa Poses a Challenge to Multinationals Trying to be Compliant

Jun 3, 2023 | Comments Off on Africa Poses a Challenge to Multinationals Trying to be Compliant

The US applies stringent rules to multinational companies which do business within its territory under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. This Act applies extra-territorially to companies, requiring them to provide evidence…

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The Future of the AGOA Agreement

Jun 3, 2023 | Comments Off on The Future of the AGOA Agreement

The AGOA agreement between the USA and African states has brought a lot of benefits over the years. As we wrote in this Newsletter recently, the African Heads of State…

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News From Africa

Jun 3, 2023 | Comments Off on News From Africa

The South Africa Reserve Bank (SARB) Outlines its Plans for Changes In the past SARB only formally asked the traditional banking sector for comments on its detailed policies and regulations.…

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UNCTAD Continues to Encourage its Member States to Measure Ecommerce

Jun 3, 2023 | Comments Off on UNCTAD Continues to Encourage its Member States to Measure Ecommerce

One area in which there is very limited information available concerns the monetary value of ecommerce transactions. As readers will know, this is one of this EFA’s and EFSA’s major…

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Amazon is re-verifying the identity and business details of third-party sellers on its U.S. marketplace.

Jun 3, 2023 | Comments Off on Amazon is re-verifying the identity and business details of third-party sellers on its U.S. marketplace.

Amazon is asking sellers to re-verify their identity because of a new US federal law. On 27 June, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will start enforcing the INFORM Consumers Act…

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