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COMESA's Expanded Consumer Protection Mandate Of The CCCC

On 4 December 2025, the COMESA Council of Ministers adopted the COMESA Competition and Consumer Protection Regulations, 2025, which repealed the old regime effective 5 December 2025.

South Africa Anti-trust

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BREMER LF WLL

African Regional Competition Authorities Sign MoU To Strengthen Cross-Border Enforcement

Competition authorities of four African regional economic communities have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at strengthening cooperation...

South Africa Anti-trust

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BREMER LF WLL

COMESA Authority Investigates Meta Over WhatsApp Business API Restrictions

The COMESA Competition and Consumer Commission (CCCC) recently announced that they commenced an investigation into Meta Platforms Ireland Limited following changes to the terms governing access to the WhatsApp...

South Africa Anti-trust

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BREMER LF WLL

Pop-up Webinar | Revised COMESA Competition Regulations, Now In Force (Video)

Jocelyn Katz, Head of Competition at ENS in conversation with Dr Willard Mwemba, Chief Executive Officer of the COMESA Competition and Consumer Commission (CCCC)...

South Africa Anti-trust

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ENS

MTN's $6.2 Billion Acquisition Of IHS: What Nigeria's Competition Authorities Will Look For

Nigeria Anti-trust

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Streamsowers & Kohn

COMESA Competition And Consumer Commission Quick Out Of The Blocks

South Africa Anti-trust

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ENS

The Early Bird Catches The Approval – South African Competition Commission's New Pre-Merger Filing Guidelines

South Africa Anti-trust

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ENS

SA Competition Watchdog Strikes At Dawn In Scrap Metal Price Fixing Probe

South Africa Anti-trust

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ENS

A Turn In Vertical Restraint Enforcement – New Per Se Prohibitions In The COMESA Competition And Consumer Protection Regulations

South Africa Anti-trust

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Updates On COMESA Competition And Consumer Protection Antitrust Enforcement

South Africa Anti-trust

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BREMER LF WLL

South African Competition Commission Issues Final Guidance Note For Online Intermediation Platforms

South Africa Anti-trust

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

COMESA's Competition Regime Overhaul: Key Insights From The ENS Webinar

South Africa Anti-trust

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ENS

The Competition And Consumer Protection Tribunal – Law And Practice

Nigeria Anti-trust

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G ELIAS

THE GREAT MERGER UPGRADE: The DTIC's Proposed Amendments To Merger Thresholds And Filing Fees

South Africa Anti-trust

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Adams & Adams

Marriage And Property In Nigeria: What Couples Need To Know About Their Rights

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SimmonsCooper Partners

All You Need To Know About Nigeria's Newly Signed Tax Reform Acts

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Goldsmiths Solicitors

The 2026 CBN Fintech Report; Defining The Future Of Fintech In Nigeria

Nigeria Technology

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Pavestones Legal

Understanding Personal Income Tax Under The Nigerian Tax Act 2025

Adeola Oyinlade & Co

Medical Negligence And Patient Safety In Nigeria: What The Law Says In 2026

Nigeria Healthcare

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Olisa Agbakoba Legal (OAL)

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Cartels, Monopolies

The Court Made Me Do It: Enforcement Of Anticompetitive Agreements

In the recent case of Doorware CC v Mercury Fittings CC [2025] JOL 68741 (SCA), the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) addressed a dispute pertaining to the enforceability...

South Africa Anti-trust

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Fasken

2023 In Review: Competition Developments In Kenya

2023 was a transformative year for competition law in Kenya, marked by a series of developments across various industries. In January 2023, the Competition Authority of Kenya ("CAK")...

Kenya Anti-trust

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ENS

NERC Market Competition Report 2022: Insights And Expectations

Over time, the Nigerian Electric Supply Industry (NESI) is expected to progress through four stages, which are to be determined by the extent of competition in the market.

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Olaniwun Ajayi

Watch Out Employers: Your Non-Compete And No-poaching Agreements May Also Be Considered Anti-Competitive In South Africa

South Africa Anti-trust

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ENS

Competition Tribunal Dismisses LPG Cylinder Exchange Programme Price Fixing Allegation

South Africa Anti-trust

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ENS

Cartels Laws And Regulations 2023

Nigeria Anti-trust

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Banwo & Ighodalo

Competition And Consumer Protection Commission Fines Seven Companies For Cartel Conduct

Zambia Anti-trust

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Bowmans

Competition Authority Of Kenya Launches Informants Reward Scheme

Kenya Anti-trust

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Bowmans

Three Cartel Cases Lost By The Competition Commission Before The Competition Tribunal – What Are The Implications For Future Cases?

South Africa Commercial

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Werksmans Attorneys

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Antitrust, EU Competition

Energy: Security, Transition And Powering Infrastructure

The energy sector finds itself at the centre of several topical debates as jurisdictions look to make progress on energy security, the energy transition and powering the infrastructure underpinning emerging technologies.

Worldwide Energy

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

COMESA's Expanded Consumer Protection Mandate Of The CCCC

On 4 December 2025, the COMESA Council of Ministers adopted the COMESA Competition and Consumer Protection Regulations, 2025, which repealed the old regime effective 5 December 2025.

South Africa Anti-trust

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BREMER LF WLL

Change Of Control Over Regulated Financial Companies In Morocco

Morocco regulates financial firms and institutions through a several statutes with changing regulatory authority.

Morocco Commercial

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BREMER LF WLL

African Regional Competition Authorities Sign MoU To Strengthen Cross-Border Enforcement

South Africa Anti-trust

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BREMER LF WLL

Managing Legal And Regulatory Risks In Mergers And Acquisitions Transactions In Nigeria

Nigeria Commercial

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Advocaat Law Practice

COMESA Authority Investigates Meta Over WhatsApp Business API Restrictions

South Africa Anti-trust

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BREMER LF WLL

Lights, Camera, Hostile Action: What The Paramount–Warner–Netflix Triangle Teaches M&A Dealmakers

South Africa Commercial

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Andersen in South Africa

Pop-up Webinar | Revised COMESA Competition Regulations, Now In Force (Video)

South Africa Anti-trust

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ENS

MTN's $6.2 Billion Acquisition Of IHS: What Nigeria's Competition Authorities Will Look For

Nigeria Anti-trust

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Streamsowers & Kohn

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Trade Regulation & Practices

Merger Control Comparative Guide

Merger Control Comparative Guide for the jurisdiction of South Africa, check out our comparative guides section to compare across multiple countries

South Africa Anti-trust

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Primerio Ltd

Nigeria Startup Act - Examining The Potentials For Startups In Nigeria

Nigeria has rapidly emerged as a vibrant hub for startups, particularly in the tech sector. The last few years were significant for the startup ecosystem, with many Nigerian startups rising to prominence...

Nigeria Finance

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G ELIAS

Mauritian Manufacturing Delegation Enhances Trade Relations In Southern Africa

A Mauritian manufacturing delegation, consisting of 16 prominent companies, recently participated in the Mauritius-Africa: Trade and Business Forum, organized by the Economic Development Board's...

Worldwide Anti-trust

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AXIS Fiduciary Ltd

A Citizen In The Global Village Of Competition Law

South Africa Anti-trust

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Fasken

Simplification Of Licensing Procedures

Uzbekistan Anti-trust

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Kosta Legal

Regulators Join Forces To Ensure B-BBEE Compliance

South Africa Anti-trust

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ENS

Long-Awaited B-BBEE Thresholds Published

South Africa Commercial

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ENS

What Makes A Price Excessive?

South Africa Anti-trust

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ENS

No Certainty For Dual Distribution Relationships

South Africa Anti-trust

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ENS

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Latest Videos

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Pop-up Webinar | Revised COMESA Competition Regulations, Now In Force (Video)

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ENS

Where Competition And Employment Law Meet (Video)

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ENS

CGCSA Webinar Part 1 (Video)

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ENS

ENSafrica Webinar | When Data Law And Competition Law Intersect

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ENS

Competition And Dominance Law (Video Content)

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TripleOKLaw

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