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File photo: Customers walk inside the Carrefour hypermarket at the Two Rivers Shopping Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, 8 April 2019. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya

Kenya fines Carrefour franchisee $7.2m for abuse of buyer power

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Kenyan court orders mediation in Meta labour dispute

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Iraqi man arrested for broadcasting pornography on major advertising screen

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Source: Reuters.

Kenya suspends crypto project Worldcoin over safety concerns

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File photo: William Ruto, President of Kenya, speaks during a joint press conference with Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, French President Emmanuel Macron, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and World Bank President Ajay Banga at the end of the New Global Financial Pact Summit, Friday, 23 June 2023 in Paris, France. Lewis Joly/Pool via Reuters/File Photo

Kenya appeals court unfreezes finance law that sparked unrest

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Francis Wang’ombe Kariuki, MBS, Bowmans' new senior consultant in its Kenyan Competition Practice

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Paul Mackenzie, 50, a Kenyan cult leader accused of ordering his followers of the members of the Good News International Church to starve themselves to death in Shakahola forest, appears at Malindi Law Courts, in Malindi, Kenya, 2 May 2023. Reuters/Stringer

Kenyan cult leader appears in court after more than 100 followers die

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Court rules Meta can be sued in Kenya over alleged unlawful redundancies

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File Photo: An LGBT activist wears a badge as he attends a court hearing in the Milimani high Court in Nairobi in Nairobi, Kenya. 22 February 2019. Reuters/Baz Ratner

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An international battle over cheese has left European producers feeling bitter

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Content moderators sue Meta over alleged 'union-busting' in Kenya

Content moderators sue Meta over alleged 'union-busting' in Kenya

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R40bn Heineken-Distell merger gets the green light

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Big changes coming to Toblerone's iconic packaging

Big changes coming to Toblerone's iconic packaging

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Meta appeals Kenyan court's decision it can be sued in Kenya

Humphrey Malalo and Ayenat Mersie 21 Feb 2023

Leveraging AfCFTA for a thriving African mining industry

Leveraging AfCFTA for a thriving African mining industry

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Deadline to register IP rights with Kenyan authorities looms

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Kenyan court drops $60m corruption case against deputy president

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PMI event sponsorship "tantamount to tobacco advertising" - civil society orgs

PMI event sponsorship "tantamount to tobacco advertising" - civil society orgs

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Enrico Bonadio and Alina Trapova 12 Oct 2022

Image: Kenya's Supreme Court judges led by Chief Justice Martha Koome flanked by her deputy, Philomena Mwilu and Supreme Court judge Mohammed Ibrahim attend the final hearing day over a petition seeking to invalidate the outcome of the recent presidential election, at the Supreme Court in Nairobi, Kenya 2 September 2022. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya

Kenya's top court to rule on disputed presidential election

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August 2022 marks 21 years of Bizcommunity!

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Biden signs historic inflation act

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Johnson & Johnson to stop sale of talcum baby powder globally

Johnson & Johnson to stop sale of talcum baby powder globally

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US and Kenya sign strategic trade and investment partnership

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Kenya: Country-by-country reporting thresholds introduced from 1 January 2023

Francis Mayebe 21 Jul 2022

Source: Reuters.

Flutterwave's accounts frozen in Kenya over money laundering claims

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Seun Timi-Koleolu, Pavestones co-founder and African Legal Awards Partner of the Year 2021

#AfricaMonth: Seun Timi-Koleolu on finding success while challenging the status quo

Shan Radcliffe 30 May 2022

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Rapid development of competition law across Africa

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File photo: Customers walk inside the Carrefour hypermarket at the Two Rivers Shopping Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, 8 April 2019. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya

Carrefour's Kenya franchisee says it will appeal $7.2m penalty

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Kenya fines Carrefour franchisee $7.2m for abuse of buyer power

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Kenya judge finds Meta is not in contempt of court

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File photo: The Nairobi skyline is seen in the background as zebras walk through the Nairobi National Park, near Nairobi, Kenya, 3 December 2018. Reuters/Amir Cohen/File Photo

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Source: International Criminal Court.

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Kenya suspends crypto project Worldcoin over safety concerns

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File photo: William Ruto, President of Kenya, speaks during a joint press conference with Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, French President Emmanuel Macron, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and World Bank President Ajay Banga at the end of the New Global Financial Pact Summit, Friday, 23 June 2023 in Paris, France. Lewis Joly/Pool via Reuters/File Photo

Kenya appeals court unfreezes finance law that sparked unrest

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Francis Wang’ombe Kariuki, MBS, Bowmans' new senior consultant in its Kenyan Competition Practice

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Paul Mackenzie, 50, a Kenyan cult leader accused of ordering his followers of the members of the Good News International Church to starve themselves to death in Shakahola forest, appears at Malindi Law Courts, in Malindi, Kenya, 2 May 2023. Reuters/Stringer

Kenyan cult leader appears in court after more than 100 followers die

George Obulutsa, Humphrey Malalo and Duncan Miriri 2 May 2023

Court rules Meta can be sued in Kenya over alleged unlawful redundancies

Ayenat Mersie 20 Apr 2023

File Photo: An LGBT activist wears a badge as he attends a court hearing in the Milimani high Court in Nairobi in Nairobi, Kenya. 22 February 2019. Reuters/Baz Ratner

For LGBTQ Kenyans, court win prompts backlash as threats escalate

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What is happening in Africa's IP landscape

Marco Vatta and Megan Dinnie 14 Apr 2023

Source: Wikipedia. Former US President, Donald Trump.

Trump arrested, first American president in history to face criminal charges

4 Apr 2023

Source: , , via Wikimedia Commons

An international battle over cheese has left European producers feeling bitter

Enrico Bonadio and Andrea Zappalaglio 24 Mar 2023

Content moderators sue Meta over alleged 'union-busting' in Kenya

Content moderators sue Meta over alleged 'union-busting' in Kenya

22 Mar 2023

R40bn Heineken-Distell merger gets the green light

10 Mar 2023

Big changes coming to Toblerone's iconic packaging

Big changes coming to Toblerone's iconic packaging

9 Mar 2023

Meta appeals Kenyan court's decision it can be sued in Kenya

Humphrey Malalo and Ayenat Mersie 21 Feb 2023

Leveraging AfCFTA for a thriving African mining industry

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Virusha Subban 2 Feb 2023

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Deadline to register IP rights with Kenyan authorities looms

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Image: Kenya's Supreme Court judges led by Chief Justice Martha Koome flanked by her deputy, Philomena Mwilu and Supreme Court judge Mohammed Ibrahim attend the final hearing day over a petition seeking to invalidate the outcome of the recent presidential election, at the Supreme Court in Nairobi, Kenya 2 September 2022. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya

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Source: Reuters.

Biden signs historic inflation act

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Johnson & Johnson to stop sale of talcum baby powder globally

Johnson & Johnson to stop sale of talcum baby powder globally

15 Aug 2022

Image source: Andres Rodriguez –

US and Kenya sign strategic trade and investment partnership

Virusha Subban 29 Jul 2022

Image source: Le Moal Olivier –

Kenya: Country-by-country reporting thresholds introduced from 1 January 2023

Francis Mayebe 21 Jul 2022

Source: Reuters.

Flutterwave's accounts frozen in Kenya over money laundering claims

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Seun Timi-Koleolu, Pavestones co-founder and African Legal Awards Partner of the Year 2021

#AfricaMonth: Seun Timi-Koleolu on finding success while challenging the status quo

Shan Radcliffe 30 May 2022

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Lerisha Naidu, Angelo Tzarevski, Sphesihle Nxumalo and Zareenah Rasool 11 May 2022

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Streamlining of intra-African trade gathers momentum

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