Proper legal frameworks, particularly when it comes to contracts, is essential for the success of climate finance tools, writes Christopher Burke of WMC Africa. African countries face an urgent ...

The firm has snapped up an accounting specialist who worked on South African anti-money laundering and terrorist financing reforms. Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr has hired Lebogang Makwela as a director in ...

The international legal giant has combined with a prominent local firm in Addis Ababa. Dentons has opened the doors to its first office in Ethiopia, combining with local full-service firm Tamrat ...

The prominent report reveals the majority of countries worldwide saw a drop in their rule of law score, with Sudan and Democratic Republic of the Congo coming bottom of the African jurisdictions ...

The transaction, which will support sustainable infrastructure projects in sub-Saharan Africa, marks the corporation’s first entry into the Canadian debt capital market. Lagos-headquartered ...

Vanessa Jacklin-Levin and Rachel Potter of Bowmans look at artificial intelligence tools and the risks they pose in litigation under South African law. The return to popularity of nuclear power is ...

Charles Russell Speechlys partners Thomas Snider and Adrian Mayer explore the Middle Eastern country’s increasingly close relationship with the African continent amid rising levels of private ...

Tumultuous political circumstances have sparked disputes over uranium resources in the West African state, placing French and Canadian nuclear operations in the balance. Niger has entered a tug of war ...

After years of review, Nigeria’s Petroleum Industry Act has now been written into law, resulting in positive environmental, social and economic impacts for the Nigerian oil and gas industry. The Act ...

With the takeover of LawExplorer, the Africa-focused legal intelligence provider aims to scale up its services and tackle the continent’s disjointed regulatory landscape. Legal intelligence company ...

Nottingham Law School’s Dr Chinenye Nriezedi-Anejionu highlights the legal, institutional and regulatory challenges likely to impact upon Nigeria’s ambitious carbon neutral target. By ratifying the ...

The new operation will target the energy and infrastructure markets in France and French-speaking African jurisdictions. Houston-headquartered law firm Bracewell has poached a team of lawyers from ...