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Doing business in Nigeria is easy as the Federal Government of Nigeria has removed the bottlenecks to business registration, licensing and regulation. Generally, a limited liability company is the most common type of company for business undertakings in Nigeria. By virtue of section 18 of …

Just like in Nigeria and many other African countries, payment products and services are well regulated in Uganda by the country’s apex bank, the Bank of Uganda (“BoU”), through its National Payment System Department (“NPSD”). The NPSD oversees the national payment system of the country …

Is Employee’s Training Bond Valid in Nigeria? In the world of work, as the employers strive to improve the skills and competencies of their employees, they face great risk of potential loss of training costs and earnings when a trained employee decides to jump ship, …

The Central Bank of Kenya (“CBK”) was recently vested with the powers to license and regulate digital lenders in Kenya under a new law, The Central Bank of Kenya (Digital Credit Providers) Regulations 2022 (“Regulation 2022”) effective from 18th March 2022. Before 2022, digital lending …

INTRODUCTION The Kenyan gambling market was estimated to be worth $40 million in 2020 and ranked as the third in Sub-Saharan Africa when it comes to sheer market size, (after South Africa and Nigeria), but has the highest number of young gambling players in the …

Introduction Nigeria has about 220 Million population with about 210 Million active mobile phone users, according to the Nigerian Communications Commission, and by 2050, the nation’s population is estimated to rise to 400 Million. As of June 2022, Nigeria hit 44.30% of broadband penetration with …

INTRODUCTION Digital lending in Kenya is not only growing but also becoming highly regulated as the Kenyan Government is taking a very strong stance on regulatory compliance and consumer protection matters. Not only are money lenders now required to be registered and licensed (which is …