The deal will fund the Côte d’Ivoire bank’s expansion and modernise its range of services. Ivorian investment holding company Harvest Capital Holding has acquired a 52.89% stake in Versus Bank, ...

The French TV company has assumed control of the South African broadcast group which owns M-Net, DStv and SuperSport, following the completion of regulatory requirements. South African broadcast media ...

Tanzania will have to defend allegations that it is trying to force a foreign energy company out of a USD 1.2 billion gas production project. An international energy company has filed for arbitration ...

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 ...

The return to popularity of nuclear power is driving innovation in how African uranium mining projects are financed, write Nick Davis, Conrad Purcell and Kayley Rousell of Haynes Boone. In recent ...

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 arbitration organisation has contributed to nationwide efforts to alleviate the chronic backlog in the South African court system. The Arbitration Foundation of Southern Africa (AFSA) has launched ...

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 ...

Nearly two decades after it was first mooted, the competition agency will begin scrutinising cross-border deals within the EAC region. The East African Community Competition Authority (EACCA) will ...

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 ...

A new report by the international police organisation has revealed escalating levels of cyber-crime across the continent and inadequate capabilities to fight it. INTERPOL has confirmed spiking rates ...