Laws & Regulations

The Tanzanian government has relaxed regulations requiring local mining companies to have controlling stakes in multinational companies.

A month after lifting a ban on sugar importation, Tanzanian authorities have imposed another one, this time putting a stop to the issuance of permits.

The Department of Fisheries has lifted a ban on fish imports following a biting shortage after President Uhuru Kenyatta’s directive against Chinese catch that had flooded the market.

Dr Isaac Nyame, a Consultant with the Private Enterprise Federation (PEF), has called on government to implement simple tax system to help improve the country’s tax revenue.

Rwanda's Cabinet last week adopted a draft law seeking to prohibit the manufacture, use and sale of single-use plastics, a move that is expected to affect the operations of importers and local manufacturers.

Zimbabwe's farmers have made fresh calls for the scrapping of the tobacco levy going into the next season, as $23 million collected under the fund since 2015 has not been disbursed to serve its purpose.

The mining industry in Africa’s most industrialised economy is facing a wave of job cuts due to low global commodity demand, high wage costs and a volatile labour environment.

The Ethiopian government has delegated the Office of the Attorney General (AG) to file charges at the International Court of Arbitration against the Dutch Company that patented teff grain.

A decade-long infrastructure push aimed at industrialising the overwhelmingly agrarian nation to create jobs has as a side-effect exacerbated the dollar shortage.