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Kenya's competition watchdog fines Mogo Auto for unfair practicesJoyce Karanja and Michelle Karimi Kimonye

Tigran Gambaryan, an executive of Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, sits as he waits to face prosecution for tax evasion and money laundering at the federal high court in Abuja, Nigeria, 4 April 2024. Reuters/ Abraham Achirga/File Photo

Nigerian court orders release of Binance executive after charges dropped

By Camillus Eboh 24 Oct 2024

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African Legal Award winners 2024

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Mozambique drops part of 'tuna bonds' claim against shipbuilder Privinvest

Sam Tobin and Kirstin Ridley 5 Oct 2023

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Mozambique can sue Privinvest in London 'tuna bond' case, UK court rules

Sam Tobin 20 Sep 2023

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Kenyan court orders mediation in Meta labour dispute

George Obulutsa 23 Aug 2023

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Africa: Transforming carbon markets as implementation of Paris Agreement commitments progress

Kieran Whyte and Clara Hans 12 Jul 2023

TotalEnergies faces second lawsuit over Uganda oil projects

America Hernandez 27 Jun 2023

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Binance issues cease and desist notice to "Binance Nigeria Limited"

Gursimran Kaur 19 Jun 2023

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#AfricaMonth: 11 reasons to celebrate Africa's bright future

Baker McKenzie Africa Team 24 May 2023

File photo: A view shows the Bonny oil terminal in the Niger delta in Port Harcourt, Nigeria 1 August 2018. Reuters/Ron Bousso/File Photo

Shell wins UK Supreme Court case on 2011 oil spill off Nigerian coast

Estelle Shirbon 10 May 2023

R40bn Heineken-Distell merger gets the green light

10 Mar 2023

A person holds a new 1000 naira note as the Central Bank of Nigeria releases the notes to the public through the banks in Abuja, Nigeria, 15 December 2022. Reuters / Afolabi Sotunde / File Photo

Nigerian court extends old banknotes to end-2023 amid cash shortage

Camillus Eboh 3 Mar 2023

French court rejects lawsuit brought against TotalEnergies on Uganda pipeline project

America Hernandez 28 Feb 2023

French court to rule on landmark TotalEnergies Uganda case

America Hernandez 28 Feb 2023

Leveraging AfCFTA for a thriving African mining industry

Leveraging AfCFTA for a thriving African mining industry

Virusha Subban 2 Feb 2023

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Deadline to register IP rights with Kenyan authorities looms

Bernadette Versfeld 8 Dec 2022

PMI event sponsorship "tantamount to tobacco advertising" - civil society orgs

PMI event sponsorship "tantamount to tobacco advertising" - civil society orgs

7 Nov 2022

Be ahead of the game

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Bizcommunity.com 15 Sep 2022

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SA's top insurers raided on suspicion of price fixing, collusion

Promit Mukherjee 25 Aug 2022

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US and Kenya sign strategic trade and investment partnership

Virusha Subban 29 Jul 2022

Shell says its Nigeria asset sale not affected by court ruling

Shell says its Nigeria asset sale not affected by court ruling

Camillus Eboh, Tife Owolabi, and MacDonald Dzirutwe 22 Jun 2022

Glencore subsidiary pleads guilty in Britain to bribery

Glencore subsidiary pleads guilty in Britain to bribery

Kirstin Ridley 21 Jun 2022

Seun Timi-Koleolu, Pavestones co-founder and African Legal Awards Partner of the Year 2021

#AfricaMonth: Seun Timi-Koleolu on finding success while challenging the status quo

Shan Radcliffe 30 May 2022

African Continental Free Trade Area agreement not quite the silver bullet SA hoped for, says ANC

African Continental Free Trade Area agreement not quite the silver bullet SA hoped for, says ANC

28 Apr 2022

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Streamlining of intra-African trade gathers momentum

Virusha Subban 28 Feb 2022

Shell declares force majeure on Nigerian Forcados crude

Shell declares force majeure on Nigerian Forcados crude

Fikayo Owoeye 23 Dec 2021

Russia's Nornickel resolves dispute with Botswana, gets compensation

Russia's Nornickel resolves dispute with Botswana, gets compensation

Polina Devitt 18 Nov 2021

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Africa: tax implications of digital transformation in the consumer goods and retail sector

Jana Botha and Prenisha Govender 5 Oct 2021

East Africa data infrastructure ripe and ready to move to the next level

John Syekei 5 Aug 2021

The move towards an open process for appointing judges is unprecedented in Lesotho. shutterstock

Choosing Lesotho's judges on merit should be only the start of judicial reforms

Hoolo 'Nyane 12 May 2021

Thomson Reuters and Juta announce strategic partnership to connect African lawyers to the world

Thomson Reuters and Juta announce strategic partnership to connect African lawyers to the world

Jackie Rhodes & Kamal Patel, Juta and Company 13 Apr 2021

2020 a slow year for dealmaking in Africa, but post-pandemic opportunities look promising - Part 3

2020 a slow year for dealmaking in Africa, but post-pandemic opportunities look promising - Part 3

Wildu du Plessis and Morne van der Merwe 1 Mar 2021

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Mozambique drops part of 'tuna bonds' claim against shipbuilder Privinvest

Sam Tobin and Kirstin Ridley 5 Oct 2023

File photo: Mozambique President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi addresses the 78th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York City, US, 19 September 2023. Reuters/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo

Mozambique can sue Privinvest in London 'tuna bond' case, UK court rules

Sam Tobin 20 Sep 2023

File photo: Meta and Facebook logos are seen in this illustration taken 15 February 2022. Reuters/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

Kenyan court orders mediation in Meta labour dispute

George Obulutsa 23 Aug 2023

Image source: Chayanit Chankhong –

Africa: Transforming carbon markets as implementation of Paris Agreement commitments progress

Kieran Whyte and Clara Hans 12 Jul 2023

TotalEnergies faces second lawsuit over Uganda oil projects

America Hernandez 27 Jun 2023

Source: Reuters.

Binance issues cease and desist notice to "Binance Nigeria Limited"

Gursimran Kaur 19 Jun 2023

Image source: Marcela Ruth Romero –

#AfricaMonth: 11 reasons to celebrate Africa's bright future

Baker McKenzie Africa Team 24 May 2023

File photo: A view shows the Bonny oil terminal in the Niger delta in Port Harcourt, Nigeria 1 August 2018. Reuters/Ron Bousso/File Photo

Shell wins UK Supreme Court case on 2011 oil spill off Nigerian coast

Estelle Shirbon 10 May 2023

R40bn Heineken-Distell merger gets the green light

10 Mar 2023

A person holds a new 1000 naira note as the Central Bank of Nigeria releases the notes to the public through the banks in Abuja, Nigeria, 15 December 2022. Reuters / Afolabi Sotunde / File Photo

Nigerian court extends old banknotes to end-2023 amid cash shortage

Camillus Eboh 3 Mar 2023

French court rejects lawsuit brought against TotalEnergies on Uganda pipeline project

America Hernandez 28 Feb 2023

French court to rule on landmark TotalEnergies Uganda case

America Hernandez 28 Feb 2023

Leveraging AfCFTA for a thriving African mining industry

Leveraging AfCFTA for a thriving African mining industry

Virusha Subban 2 Feb 2023

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Deadline to register IP rights with Kenyan authorities looms

Bernadette Versfeld 8 Dec 2022

PMI event sponsorship "tantamount to tobacco advertising" - civil society orgs

PMI event sponsorship "tantamount to tobacco advertising" - civil society orgs

7 Nov 2022

Be ahead of the game

Be ahead of the game

Bizcommunity.com 15 Sep 2022

Source: Reuters/Mike Hutchings

SA's top insurers raided on suspicion of price fixing, collusion

Promit Mukherjee 25 Aug 2022

Image source: Andres Rodriguez –

US and Kenya sign strategic trade and investment partnership

Virusha Subban 29 Jul 2022

Shell says its Nigeria asset sale not affected by court ruling

Shell says its Nigeria asset sale not affected by court ruling

Camillus Eboh, Tife Owolabi, and MacDonald Dzirutwe 22 Jun 2022

Glencore subsidiary pleads guilty in Britain to bribery

Glencore subsidiary pleads guilty in Britain to bribery

Kirstin Ridley 21 Jun 2022

Seun Timi-Koleolu, Pavestones co-founder and African Legal Awards Partner of the Year 2021

#AfricaMonth: Seun Timi-Koleolu on finding success while challenging the status quo

Shan Radcliffe 30 May 2022

African Continental Free Trade Area agreement not quite the silver bullet SA hoped for, says ANC

African Continental Free Trade Area agreement not quite the silver bullet SA hoped for, says ANC

28 Apr 2022

Image source: © Aleksandra Alekseeva –

Streamlining of intra-African trade gathers momentum

Virusha Subban 28 Feb 2022

Shell declares force majeure on Nigerian Forcados crude

Shell declares force majeure on Nigerian Forcados crude

Fikayo Owoeye 23 Dec 2021

Russia's Nornickel resolves dispute with Botswana, gets compensation

Russia's Nornickel resolves dispute with Botswana, gets compensation

Polina Devitt 18 Nov 2021

Source: Ivan Samkov from

Africa: tax implications of digital transformation in the consumer goods and retail sector

Jana Botha and Prenisha Govender 5 Oct 2021

East Africa data infrastructure ripe and ready to move to the next level

John Syekei 5 Aug 2021

The move towards an open process for appointing judges is unprecedented in Lesotho. shutterstock

Choosing Lesotho's judges on merit should be only the start of judicial reforms

Hoolo 'Nyane 12 May 2021

Thomson Reuters and Juta announce strategic partnership to connect African lawyers to the world

Thomson Reuters and Juta announce strategic partnership to connect African lawyers to the world

Jackie Rhodes & Kamal Patel, Juta and Company 13 Apr 2021

2020 a slow year for dealmaking in Africa, but post-pandemic opportunities look promising - Part 3

2020 a slow year for dealmaking in Africa, but post-pandemic opportunities look promising - Part 3

Wildu du Plessis and Morne van der Merwe 1 Mar 2021

#BizTrends2021: Key industry group trends in post-pandemic Africa

#BizTrends2021: Key industry group trends in post-pandemic Africa

Wildu du Plessis 6 Jan 2021

Bizcommunity and NSP Consultants congratulate BizListing winners!

Bizcommunity and NSP Consultants congratulate BizListing winners!

Bizcommunity.com 26 Oct 2020

The African Continental Free Trade Area - from agreement to implementation

The African Continental Free Trade Area - from agreement to implementation

Robyn Berger, Theunis Claassen and Catherine Robson 30 Jun 2020

Impact of free trade area in Africa will be huge

Impact of free trade area in Africa will be huge

Andrew Skipper 21 Jan 2020

Agreement ensures Khoi, San earn share of Rooibos trade

Agreement ensures Khoi, San earn share of Rooibos trade

4 Nov 2019

Alastair Tempest and Mpho Sekwele from EFSA.

EFSA launches Africa's first e-commerce Trustmark

24 Oct 2019

Know your business inside out with a Biz Office

Know your business inside out with a Biz Office

Bizcommunity.com 2 Oct 2019

Top ratings for Biz Rate Card 2019

Top ratings for Biz Rate Card 2019

Bizcommunity.com 27 Sep 2019

AfCFTA under the spotlight at ISO assembly

AfCFTA under the spotlight at ISO assembly

17 Sep 2019

Oil and gas is the lifeblood of Nigeria’s economy. Wikimedia Commons

Explainer: how Nigeria got hit with a $9.6bn judgement debt in London

Oludara Akanmidu 11 Sep 2019