Tag: Africa
COMESA stats update: 367+ M&A deals, yielding a healthy revenue stream...
By: Andreas Stargard (African Antitrust)
A brief note from the “front lines” of the COMESA Competition Commission’s 10-year anniversary event: Isaac Tausha, chief economist for...
A Competition Law for Africa: Vision for AfCFTA
By Eleanor M. Fox1
Negotiations are on a fast track for a competition protocol for the African continent. What should be the design? This is...
Regulators Move To Rein In Big Tech Dominance In Africa
From the $1.7 billion AdSense antitrust fine levied against Google in 2019 and the nearly $887 million privacy fine Amazon was issued last July,...
Central African Republic Adopts Bitcoin As Legal Tender
When the Central African Republic (CAR) adopted Bitcoin as legal tender in April, mayhem initially ensued, sparked by confusion, advanced by disagreements, and then...
Competition Commission Releases Online Intermediation Platform Market Inquiry Provisional Summary Report
By: Nicola Taljaard (African Antitrust)
On 13 July 2022, the South African Competition Commission (“Commission”) released a Provisional Summary Report (“Report”) on the Online Intermediation...
An Africa-Focused Competition Performance Index
By Oluwatobi Ogundele1
Introduction
When we consider international collaboration on competition issues, as well as comparative assessments of the performance of competition authorities globally, it should...
South Africa, Competition Law, and Equality: Restoring Equity by Antitrust in...
By Eleanor M. Fox (New York University)
In South Africa, the question is not whether to incorporate “equality” into the competition law, but how. In...
Nigerian Competition Authority Finally Established
By: Gina Lodolo(African Antitrust )
The Federal Government inaugurated the governing board of the FCCPC together with that of the CCPT, in order to ensure...
South African Competition Appeal Court Upholds Tribunal’s Excessive Pricing/ Anti-Price Gouging...
By: Michael-James Currie (African Antitrust)
In June 2020, the South African Competition Tribunal (Tribunal) handed down two seminal decisions (Babelegi and Dis-Chem) in relation to “excessive pricing” during...
Nigeria’s Foreign-to-Foreign Merger Control Regime
By: Michael-James Currie & Camilla Johnson (African Antitrust)
Antitrust enforcement is on the rise across Africa. Many jurisdictions are developing competition authorities and endorsing legislation with...
