Mariam Momodu: Africa’s Legal Millennial
Mariam, a corporate legal practitioner with expertise in international trade law, foreign investment law, anti-corruption and regulation. Mariam is currently pursuing a doctorate at the University of Toronto where she analyses intra-African trade through the construct of “bottom-up economic integration” facilitated by non-state actors. Mariam is our African legal millennial for this edition.
The Handshake Nation: The Clamour For Constitutional Reforms and An Active Legal System- A Look At Kenya By Tracy Beverly
Kenya is as unique as it comes. Amongst the African nations, it prides itself of having a robust culture of law reform and freedom. Since its independence in 1963, Kenya has maintained a steady approach to law reform, with lobby groups and constitutional reform commissions taking a center stage…
Genocide in Congo By Khairat Bashorun
The trending social media hashtag, #CongoIsBleeding has drawn global attention to the killings, child slavery, corruption and deadly conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo (“DRC” or “DR Congo”) that stem from the exploitation of minerals from its mines by multinational companies. The hashtag trended in various jurisdictions around the world like Nigeria, South Africa, […]
Have You No Shame- Oluwatobiloba Adekoya
The year 2020 is one which African Leaders never imagined would confront them. They had to do some actual governance.First, they were confronted with Covid-19 an enormous challenge for the healthcare sector, which they had failed woefully to manage. Then, an unexpected awakening of ahitherto docile population. The African population which had hitherto been known for suffering and smiling finally decided that they had had enough of the suffering and spoke up.
Before You Sign That Record Deal- Nonso Anyasi
There is no gainsaying that an average African takes pride in being able to perform tasks without external help. The “do-it-yourself” (DIY) mentality. DIY behaviour is often exhibitedwhen one is trying to save costs that would have otherwise beenspent on hiring professionals and experts.
Tisungane Brian Makato: Africa’s Legal Millennial
Tisungane is a Malawian legal practitioner who was called to the Malawian Bar in March 2011. An LLB (Honours) graduate from the University of Malawi; Tisu, as he is popularly known among his family, friends and colleagues, was a British Chevening Scholar at the world-renowned Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy at the University of Dundee in Scotland, where he graduated with an LLM in Energy Law and Policy with a distinction. He holds the honour of being one of the very few Malawians to graduate with an LLM from the prestigious Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts in the USA
THIS City Smells The Same by Ezekiel Archibong
Ezekiel Archibong has provided us with a masterful and delicately delivered story bordering on the rigours faced by a young lad pursuing his mandatory year of service while looking to also win at love; at the same time navigating the attendant problems of living on the mainland and working on the island of Lagos state, Nigeria.
Why SMEs Are Rarely Successful In Africa and Likely Solutions; A Case of Nigeria By Alex Nwankwo
The question then begs that with the consistent economic instability in Nigeria and the financial woes of the Nigerian Naira, what is the hope of Startups in Nigeria? This article confirms that Nigerian Startups or Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) are also caught up by the wings of failure but with the peculiar challenges affecting the Nigerian community. This Article goes further to explore 5 reasons why Nigerian startupsmay never meet the 12th month of their inception.
Challenges of Cybersecurity in Africa
Technology has become integrated in all aspects of our daily lives. As technology is an ever-growing field, there are many inventions that are changing rapidly. One of the main technological creations is the internet. As the fastest growing infrastructure in our daily lives, the internet has created a world of its own (Gade and Reddy, 2014). The internet is used for multiple purposes. However, some of the main uses of the internet are sending electronic emails and dispersing commercial advertisements.
Privacy Policy, Data Protection, and Inter-Jurisdictional Enforcement of Data rights; Meeting the Realities of the New Normal (Part 2). By Stanley O. Omotor and Alphayo Ongeri Wycliffe
Generally, the right to privacy has attained a universal status, and countries have enacted various laws to regulate the collection and use of personal data, popular amongst which is the European General Data Protection Regulation 2018. In this part (“part 2”) of this Article series, we will undertake a comparative analysis of the rights of data subjects under the Nigerian and Kenyan legal systems. In part 3 of these Article series, consideration will be on the inter-jurisdiction enforcement of these data rights.
