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29 July 2026
LEX Africa successfully held its 2026 Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Accra, Ghana, 3-6 June 2026, in partnership with its Ghanaian member Bentsi-Enchill, Le...
24 July 2026
Case summary – Avrillon D.P.P. v The Registrar General [2026 SCJ 157]
Mr. Avrillon as the Applicant entered an application for a judicial review challengi...
22 July 2026
Kaplan & Stratton is delighted to report that the High Court has upheld a decision of the Tax Appeals Tribunal (Tribunal) in a dispute relating to the ap...
20 July 2026
Law No. 9/2026 of 3 June was published in the Official Gazette, approving the Local Content Law and establishing, for the first time in Mozambican law, a spe...
17 July 2026
Double taxation on cross-border income addressed
Reduced withholding tax rates introduced
Technical service fees expressly covered
Permanent establi...
15 July 2026
An attempt at reforming whistleblower protection through the Protected Disclosures Draft Bill
The case of Babita Deokaran, a senior official at the Gauten...
13 July 2026
Introduction
Signing documents used to mean ink on paper. Now, a click closes a deal. But does Ghanaian law keep pace?
Yes, with conditions and carve-o...
9 July 2026
Ethiopia has announced another important step in opening its economy to foreign investment. On 25 May 2026, the Ethiopian Investment Board decided to remove ...
7 July 2026
Digital taxation has moved from policy debate to regulatory reality. Governments across the world are implementing measures aimed at taxing revenue generated...