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 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 ...

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 Constitutional Court has given male and female parents equal right to parental leave in a groundbreaking decision. Parents in South Africa have been granted a total of four months and 10 days of ...

Vanessa Jacklin-Levin and Rachel Potter of Bowmans look at artificial intelligence tools and the risks they pose in litigation under South African law. As artificial intelligence (AI) tools become ...

The firm has poached a disputes lawyer from Squire Patton Boggs for its Africa-focused group. Balogun joined Fladgate along with fellow dispute resolution partner Tatiana Menshenina, who transferred ...

Musa Dudhai & Co has added a partner from a Lusaka-based firm to its offering. Phiri concentrates on complex and high value litigation and arbitration, and has almost a decade of legal experience. ALN ...

The firm has snapped up two forensics specialists with over half a century of combined experience. Krugel is a white-collar and corporate investigations specialist with decades of legal and forensics ...

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 ...