Tanzania: Foreign credit accommodation comprising foreign loans, advances, overdrafts, guarantees and other forms of offshore financing is regulated in Tanzania under the Foreign Exchange Act, Chapter 271 R.E 2023 (the Foreign Exchange Act) and the Foreign Exchange Regulations, 2022 (as
Balancing innovation and competition: intellectual property rights under Tanzania's Fair Competition (Abuse of Dominant Position) Regulations, 2026
Tanzania: Tanzania recently enacted the Fair Competition (Abuse of Dominant Position) Regulations, 2026 (the Regulations) which came into force on 14 August 2026. The Regulations mark a significant development in Tanzania competition law by expressly bringing the exercise of intellectual
When a partial award may be considered final for the purposes of enforcement in Tanzania
Tanzania: A foreign arbitral award can be recognised and enforced in Tanzania, subject to compliance with the requirements of the Arbitration Act, Cap. 15 R.E. 2023 (the Arbitration Act), the Arbitration (Rules of Procedure) Regulations, Government Notice No. 146 of
Depreciation of petroleum exploration expenditure in Tanzania: an analysis of <em>Commissioner General (TRA) v Beach Petroleum (Tanzania) Limited</em>
Tanzania: Petroleum exploration is capital-intensive and uncertain, as a company may spend years acquiring geological data, conducting surveys and preparing to drill before discovering a commercially viable resource. Even where exploration produces valuable information or facilitates a transaction with another
No Free Ride: Uber’s African Retreat
First, “Uber” became a verb. Now, in parts of Africa, it is becoming past tense.
The company’s withdrawal from Nigeria and Uganda complicates one of competition policy’s favorite storylines: U.S. technology platforms enter, conquer, and never leave. That assumption has
UN committee sounds alarm as Maasai in Tanzania face evictions and abuse
A UN committee on Friday warned that the Maasai Indigenous people in Tanzania are facing forced evictions and abuses at the hands of security forces, raising the alarm over escalating human rights violations.
The UN Committee on the Elimination
Anticipating a Climate Moment in Arusha
Since becoming operational in 2006, the African Court on Human and Peoples‘ Rights (AfCHPR), based in Arusha, Tanzania, has never issued an advisory opinion as highly anticipated as the forthcoming advisory opinion on climate change. The opinion responds to
COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (APRIL 6 – APRIL 10)
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Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of April 6, 2026.
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In Matiko
Courting Dignity: The East African Court of Justice and the Jurisprudence of Silence
Author: Carolyn W. Gatonye
Kabarak University
The silence of the East African Community (EAC) in the face of rising repression in Tanzania is deafening. Yet, this is hardly new thunder in the EAC bloc. Time and again, the region has
$90M Settlement Reached in LCM-Funded Claim Against Tanzania
As LFJ reported in July of last year, a claim funded by Litigation Capital Management (LCM) and brought against the Tanzanian Government had achieved a landmark victory, after Indiana Resources…
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