Baker McKenzie recently produced a comprehensive guide covering latest developments in competition law in 25 African countries. The guide, titled An Overview of Competition & Antitrust Regulations and Developments in Africa: 2021, can be downloaded here.
This first newsletter of the year sets out an analysis of the existing or upcoming rules to encourage the creation of start-ups in 10 French-speaking African countries (Algeria, Togo, Benin, Mali, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, Gabon, Cameroon, Tunisia, and Chad).
In brief In this issue: Africa’s response to the COVID-19 Pandemic COVID-19 measures as of 16 April 2020 in Algeria COVID-19 – Specific measures implemented in Morocco Contents Africa’s response to the COVID-19 Pandemic With the rising number of deaths and infections by COVID-19 in Asia, Europe and the United…
Read publication Welcome to the February 2020 issue of our Francophone Africa newsletter. The aim is to give you a regular, brief practical overview of news and developments that may affect your business operations in the region. In this issue: Promoting start-ups in Senegal In its Digital Agenda for 2016-2025,…
Download publication Antitrust law in Africa is growing at a rapid rate with the introduction of laws and regulations, increase in memberships to regional antitrust bodies and ramped-up enforcement by domestic and regional regulators. Since the beginning of 2018, domestic competition legislation has been enacted in Angola and Nigeria, and…
Read publication Welcome to the September 2019 issue of our Francophone Africa newsletter. The aim is to give you a regular, brief practical overview of news and developments that may affect your business operations in the region. In this issue: Algeria – Law on nuclear activities Algeria decided to regulate…
The new Code of Public Tenders, which had been approved on 22 July 2015 by the Council of Ministers, has finally been published in the Algerian Official Journal dated 20 September 2015 and will become effective three months after the date of publication, i.e. on 20 December 2015.