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Economic nationalism in Africa’s giants holds back free trade
Peter Leon, Herbert Smith Freehills, Johannesburg office, partner and global co-chair Africa Group.
SA, Nigeria and Egypt have not signed up to crucial aspects of...
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AFRICA’S Napoleon
One of the many aims of this writing is to contribute to the difficult task of finding and gathering the missing pieces that completes...
Association of Angolan Petroleum Service Companies (AECIPA) Partners with Energy Capital...
The partnership both consolidates the event’s position as Angola’s premier energy forum as well as AECIPA’s efforts to expand local content, youth empowerment in...
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Global Energy Transitions & Implications for the Nigerian Economy
By Professor Chijioke Nwaozuzu
For more than a century, fossil fuels have accounted for a larger proportion of global energy supply sources. However, with increasing...
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Fintech as the driver for growth in Africa’s banking sector
By Ogechi Onuoha (Associate), Taiwo Peregrino (Associate), and Ufuoma Isiavwe (Associate), Olajide Oyewole LLP, DLA Piper Africa member firm in Nigeria
According to the 2017 Global Findex Database,1 about 1.7 billion adults...
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Under African skies – The liberalisation of civil aviation in Africa
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With a population of over 1 billion people and a landmass larger than the combined areas of the USA, India and China, Africa presents...
88% of African respondents believe that climate change is already affecting their everyday life
Africa is the part of the world most affected by climate change, although it contributes least to the problem
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LUXEMBOURG CITY, Luxembourg, December 20, 2022/...
The impact of Brexit on South Africa and Africa
By Morne van der Merwe, Managing Partner and Head of the Corporate/M&A Practice, Baker McKenzie Johannesburg
Countries in Africa are preparing for the reality that...
Leveraging AfCFTA to Drive Digital Trade in Africa
By Darryl Bernstein, Partner, Baker & McKenzie, Johannesburg
Digitization is disrupting global trade - the emergence of Industry 4.0, cloud computing, Internet of Things (IoT)...
Free movement of people, a catalyst for trade
African countries should promote the free movement of people across their borders to boost intra-African trade, says the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Director of...
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Zimbabwe President Calls for Lifting of Sanctions at UN
Zimbabwe's president Emmerson Mnangagwa used the platform of the United Nations to deliver a clarion call for the removal of historical sanctions against his...