Africa: Antitrust/Competition Law

The inaugural ECOWAS Regional Competition Authority conference in Banjul brought together African regulators to discuss critical challenges in competition law enforcement, including inter-agency cooperation, merger control filing fees, and the complexities of reviewing transactions in emerging sectors. What insights emerged from this landmark gathering about the future of antitrust regulation across the continent?

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has signed the Nigerian Ports Economic Regulatory Agency (NPERA) Act, 2026, formally transforming the Nigerian Shippers' Council into an independent economic regulator...

Mahesh Acharya and Duane Wekesa examine Kenya's legal and regulatory landscape governing the importation, manufacture, distribution and sale of therapeutic products in a comprehensive chapter for the IBA Healthcare and Life Sciences Law Committee's global guide. Their contribution offers practical insight into the frameworks that shape market access and supply chain compliance in Kenya's healthcare sector.

The Competition Commission's recent dawn raids in the scrap-metal sector signal a shift from policy to enforcement action. This practical webinar explores how businesses can identify collusion risks, prepare for dawn raids, and manage competitor contact under South African Competition Act provisions. The session addresses business readiness in an era where digital evidence, including AI-related records, plays an increasingly central role in competition investigations.

Kenya's Competition Authority published its FY 2024/25 Annual Report, revealing significant merger control activity with 128 applications processed, behavioral antitrust investigations spanning 75 cases, and notable enforcement actions against trade associations for price-fixing conduct. The report highlights the CAK's continued focus on employment retention conditions in merger approvals and its measured approach to exemption applications from industry bodies seeking relief from minimum pricing guidelines.

The European Commission has substantially reworked its guidelines on abusive exclusionary conduct by dominant undertakings following widespread criticism of the 2024 draft. While notable improvements include reaffirming the below 40% market share safe harbor and the as-efficient competitor standard, significant concerns remain about the evidentiary burden placed on dominant firms and the EC's maximalist approach to enforcement.

The Competition Commission's recent dawn raids in the scrap-metal sector signal a shift from policy to enforcement action. This practical webinar explores how businesses can identify collusion risks, prepare for dawn raids, and manage competitor contact under South African Competition Act provisions. The session addresses business readiness in an era where digital evidence, including AI-related records, plays an increasingly central role in competition investigations.

The EU's financial services simplification agenda represents more than regulatory recalibration—it embodies a compound acknowledgement of structural limitations by regulators, regulated firms, and a political economy that can no longer equate regulatory volume with effectiveness. Drawing on regulatory cycle literature and comparative analysis of the EU, US, and UK, this article examines whether enforcement credibility rather than regulatory complexity determines compliance outcomes, and argues that si

The inaugural ECOWAS Regional Competition Authority conference in Banjul brought together African regulators to discuss critical challenges in competition law enforcement, including inter-agency cooperation, merger control filing fees, and the complexities of reviewing transactions in emerging sectors. What insights emerged from this landmark gathering about the future of antitrust regulation across the continent?