Thomas Kendra, a partner of Hogan Lovells’ International Arbitration team in Paris and a board member of the Kigali International Arbitration Centre (KIAC), takes stock of KIAC’s.
The International Chamber of Commerce and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa have launched a centre dedicated to supporting African entrepreneurs.
AfAA launches African arbitration tool
Published by: Andrew Mizner at 08/03/2021 The African Arbitration Atlas aims to tackle the lack of visibility for the continent’s arbitration.
The African Arbitration Atlas aims to tackle the lack of visibility for the continent’s arbitration industry.
The African Arbitration Association (AfAA) has launched an online tool that provides an overview of arbitration legislation and international arbitrators in Africa.
The African Arbitration Atlas went online in January and allows users to search for legislation and arbitral institutions by country or see which countries use the UNCITRAL model law, or are signatories of the New York Convention,
AfCFTA: A window of opportunity?
Published by: Sandy Bhadare at 05/03/2021 With the African Continental Free Trade Area now in force, the EAIAC held a webinar to discuss AfCFTA&rsq.
With the African Continental Free Trade Area now in force, the EAIAC held a webinar to discuss AfCFTA’s implementation, the opportunities it will pose for intra-Africa trade and the legal sector, and its impact on the settlement of disputes in Africa.
The overall consensus of the panel in the East Africa International Arbitration Conference (EAIAC)’s
AfCFTA: Implementation and Dispute Resolution webinar, was that significant gains can be made from the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)’s promotion of intra-Africa trade, with strong potential to promote industrialisation.