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AFRICAN ENERGY CHAMBER LAUNCHES BOOK- African Energy Road To Recovery: How The African Energy Industry Can Reshape Itself For A Post COVID-19 Comeback

Posted by The PALM | Mar 17, 2021 | Africa Today, Events, Featured |

On, March 16, 2021, The African Energy Chamber (Chamber) hosted a virtual book launch for its inaugural advisory book titled, ‘African Energy Road To Recovery: How The African Energy Industry Can Reshape Itself For A Post COVID-19 Comeback’.

Child Trafficking in Kenya- MaryLucy Chebet

Posted by The PALM | Mar 12, 2021 | Africa Today, Featured, Insights |

The recent media reports from BBC Africa have indicated that there is an elite child trafficking gang in Kenya . Children are a huge commodity due to the rise of couples who desire to have children.

Dispute Resolutions Under the AfCFTA: Arbitration of Trade Disputes: Gboyega ‘Sanmi Oyewole, SAN, ACIArb. (UK)

Posted by The PALM | Mar 7, 2021 | Africa Today, Insights |

The Agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (the Agreement) was borne out of the Abuja Treaty of 3rd June, 1991 which has as its core objectives; the establishment and strengthening of a free trade area within the African continent with a common tariff and gradual elimination of barriers to movement of persons, good and services.

Illusionary Public Participation In The Amendment Of The Constitution Of Kenya: The Panacea Of A Bleeding Non-Participatory Populace- Steve Gerry

Posted by The PALM | Mar 4, 2021 | Africa Today, Featured, Insights |

Prologue.

Although the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 (Constitution) asserts the need for the realization and enforcement of a participatory democracy that allows the active involvement and participation of the citizenry, participation of the people in Kenya continues to be just another journey of the road to Damascus.

It is imperative to note that public participation processes serve to strengthen institutions of representative democracy by democratizing those institutions. In the most pragmatic sense, in a participatory democracy, the public is actively involved in the decision-making process of the Government.

Senegal: Regulatory Status and Prospects in the Electricity and Renewable Energy Sector- Franck Allesie

Posted by The PALM | Feb 4, 2021 | Insights, Africa Today, Featured |

Intending to diversify energy production sources and reduce the government’s dependence on fossil fuels (coal, oil, gas), the Senegalese government has implemented a legal framework to ensure the promotion and development of non-fossil fuels and the protection of the environment.