Rwanda: The Office of the Registrar General sets hard deadline for disclosing beneficial ownership information
14 Sep 2023
BY Dieudonné Nzafashwanayo
The deadline for important compliance requirements affecting all companies and registered business entities in Rwanda is looming.
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Long-awaited amendments to RICA published to address unconstitutional aspects
12 Sep 2023
BY Wilmari Strachan AND Naledi Ramoabi
Wilmari Strachan and Naledi Ramoabi discuss important amendments to RICA, following an order made by the Constitutional Court.
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The importance of conducting software audits to avoid costly penalties
12 Sep 2023
BY Isaivan Naidoo AND Alexander Powell
Isaivan Naidoo and Alexander Powell take us through the importance of proactive and continuous self-audit review processes to assist companies in avoiding hefty penalties.
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AI and cloud computing: A symbiotic relationship or a hostile collaboration
12 Sep 2023
BY Isaivan Naidoo AND Alexander Powell
Cloud-based AI provides an opportunity to enhance a company's AI capabilities significantly, but there are some considerations to be taken into account, as Isaivan Naidoo, Kayla Casillo and Alexander Powell explain.
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Constructive dismissal and mental health: Employer rights
12 Sep 2023
This case serves as a reminder that the test for constructive dismissal is intolerability as opposed to incapacity.
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TMT ENSight | issue 17
12 Sep 2023
Welcome to the 17th issue of ENSafrica's TMT ENSight, focusing on topics, news and analysis of novel and interesting developments in the technology, media and telecommunications space.
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Africa Business In Brief
issue 513 | 10 Sep 2023
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AI, deepfakes and IP: seeing is not believing
05 Sep 2023
As written about extensively, there are serious concerns about IP ownership and infringement. With deep fakes, the discussion has to extend beyond IP though, to the protection of personality rights and how those can be protected more robustly.
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Nigeria: trade mark registrations v company and business name registrations
05 Sep 2023
BY Gaelyn Scott
In this article, we discuss a recent Nigerian court judgment that deals with a trade mark dispute: Sanofi S.A v Sanofi Integrated Services Ltd, Sanofi Nigeria Enterprises Limited, Sanofi Nigeria Enterprise, and Corporate Affairs Commission.
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The importance of trade mark law in Twitter’s rebranding to X
05 Sep 2023
BY Dr. Bernard Dippenaar
In this article, we’ll discuss Elon Musk’s interesting decision to rebrand Twitter (which he purchased for a highly leveraged USD44-billion in October 2022), to X or X Corp.
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Come on Barbie, let’s go (TM) party
05 Sep 2023
We’ve had to wrap our heads around the fact that the title of one of the biggest movie of the year is the name of an uber famous doll called Barbie, and that the owner of that brand, the toy company Mattel, features heavily in the movie
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Master of the High Court decision: set off overturned but liquidators permitted to disregard set off
05 Sep 2023
BY Aslam Moosajee AND Inathi Mpapa
Section 46 of the Insolvency Act outlines the rules regarding the treatment of set-offs when one of the parties involved in the set-off becomes insolvent or bankrupt.
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The Climate Change Amendment Bill is now law
05 Sep 2023
BY Binti Shah AND Minna Mumma
The Climate Change (Amendment) Act is a welcome addition to the climate change laws in Kenya and will fill the gap that existed in terms of the regulation of carbon trading in Kenya.
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COMESA Competition Commission prohibits a merger for the first time
05 Sep 2023
Prior to this decision, the COMESA Commission had always been praised for its pragmatism, as reflected in its ability to negotiate creative remedies with merging parties.
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How Uganda’s Competition Act could benefit consumer protection in the banking sector
05 Sep 2023
BY Phillip Karugaba AND Martha Mutamba
While it is clear that the Guidelines are not in the form of regulations permitted under the Financial Institutions Act 2004, It is not certain why the Bank of Uganda has not converted the Guidelines to the form of regulations.
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