Africa: Government, Public Sector

In Nigeria, more than ever before, the awareness of your basic rights is crucial for your freedom and safety.

On 26th September, 2024, the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory delivered judgment in the case of Emmanuel Chidera Onuegbu v. Moniepoint Microfinance Bank Limited, and resolved that the Fundamental Human Rights of the Applicant ...

The signing of the Washington Accords for Peace and Prosperity between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda in Washington on 4 December 2025 is being presented as a turning point for the Great Lakes region,...

The Federal Government has introduced significant fiscal reforms in the mining sector with the enactment of the Nigeria Tax Act, 2025 (NTA) and the Nigeria Tax Administration Act, 2025 (NTAA). These new laws represent a definitive departure from the previous fiscal regime, which was primarily governed by the Nigerian Minerals and Mining Act, 2007 (the "Mining Act") and the Companies Income Tax Act, 1977 (as amended) (CITA).

Ethiopia’s “homegrown” reform agenda has recently moved from policy statements to legally operative market institutions. The post-2020 investment regime (Investment Proclamation No. 1180/2020 and implementing regulations) is now paired with a functioning capital market architecture (Capital Market Proclamation No. 1248/2021, implementing directives, and the Ethiopian Securities Exchange (ESX)).

The Nigerian banking and financial services landscape underwent a period of regulatory transformation in 2025. This transformation was primarily driven by concerted efforts by key...

On March 24, 2026, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) issued a circular on Measures to Further Deepen Diaspora Remittances and Compliance (the “Circular”).

The commercial relationship between the United Arab Emirates and Ethiopia has deepened considerably over the past decade, driven by geographic proximity, complementary economic profiles, and a growing web of bilateral agreements that provide the legal infrastructure for sustained investment flows. For UAE-based investors — whether Emirati nationals, family offices, sovereign-adjacent funds, or the substantial community of international entrepreneurs who operate through UAE corporate structures —

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the international anti-money laundering watchdog, removed South Africa from its ‘grey list' of countries following a successful on-site review of its Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) regime in July.

Since the passing of Nigeria's Coastal and Inland Shipping (Cabotage) Act in 2003, it has been hailed as a transformational policy intended to reserve domestic coastal trade for Nigerian-owned, -crewed and -flagged vessels.

Across regulated industries, data is increasingly being treated as a sovereign asset rather than a purely commercial one. Governments are tightening expectations around where sensitive data is stored, how it is processed...

Over the years, Nigeria's oil and gas industry has experienced a wave of divestments, as several international oil companies step back from certain assets...