January 10, 2020 By Lerisha Naidur and  Sphesihle Nxumalo In November 2019, Kenya introduced The Competition Rules, 2019 (Rules) to govern the Competition Authority of Kenya’s (CAK) functions under the Competition Act No 12 of 2010. Some of the key changes in relation to merger control are set out below. […]

January 10, 2020/United Capital Report Recently, the World Bank published a forecast for Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) economic growth to rise from 2.4% in 2019 to 2.9% in 2020. This was predicated on improving investor confidence in some large economies, a strengthening cyclical recovery among industrial commodity exporters along with a […]

Culled—Proshare January 9, 2020 By FBNQuest Research                                                                                 Power shortages as well as the absence of electrification in most rural areas have contributed to the slowdown of the much-needed industrial take-off Nigeria requires. For businesses, particularly SMEs, the cost of energy generation via generator sets depletes profit margins. Industry sources […]