The 11th African Legal Awards took place at the Houghton Hotel in Johannesburg, on September 6 to celebrate the best legal achievements across Africa over the last year. There were some illustrious ...

More than 60 years after most African states gained independence, the legal infrastructure imposed by former colonial powers continues to exert outsized influence. Across the continent, outdated ...

Africa is continuing to strengthen its data protection legal and regulatory framework. To date, thirty six out of fifty four African countries have data protection laws and/or regulations. Sixteen ...

A lawyer, Seun Timi-Koleolu, has won the “Women Leaders in Law – In-House/Vendor” award at African Legal Awards 2024 in South Africa. Timi-Koleolu, founding partner of Pavestones Legal, was conferred ...

There are more than 600 million total internet users in Africa. This is more than the total number of internet users in North America, South America and the Middle East. The last two decades have ...

Chief Justice Mandisa Maya (front row, left) and senior members of the South African judiciary. Jeffrey Abrahams/Gallo Images via Getty Images A vicious cycle is being fuelled by a number of factors.

NAIROBI, March 22 (Reuters) - Uganda's parliament passed a bill on Tuesday making it a crime to identify as LGBTQ, handing authorities broad powers to target gay Ugandans who already face legal ...

The African Legal Awards 2023 took place late last week, with the African legal community coming together to celebrate the achievements of law firms, legal teams and individuals over the past year.