What’s Bank? When WhatsApp Meets Traditional Banking- Meshack Masibo
In 2016, Facebook (The Parent Company that owns What’s App) secured an e-money licence in Ireland.[1] The license allows Facebook to make payments and perform elementary financial services in the Country. It is the first practical license issued to Facebook as it attempts to move beyond being a social media platform to engaging in banking and commerce.
Sebastian La Hausse de Lalouvière: Africa’s Legal Millennial
Sebastian La Hausse de Lalouvière is a seasoned general counsel who hails from Mauritius and South Africa with over 8 years’ experience advising on corporate, regulatory, compliance and legal matters for some of the largest publicly listed companies in Mauritius, which operate in various industries both locally and internationally.
Olaniwun Ajayi LP Launches London-Based International Practice with Three Partners
Olaniwun Ajayi LP, a leading law firm in Africa, announces the opening of its London-based international practice on December 1, 2021. The London office, which is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, is a breakthrough for a major law firm founded in Africa, marking a significant milestone in the firm’s nearly sixty-year history and for legal services in and for Africa.
#8 2021 EDITION
At The People’s Accolade Law Magazine (The PALM), we find pleasure in consistently keeping you up to speed with developing trends in today’s African society.
In this edition, we bring to you our #8 Edition which features Dr Naseem Ameer-Mia a Senior Manager in Johannesburg’s Alternative Legal Services practice of HerbertSmithFreehills and other exciting cont
Christabel Mideva Eboso: Africa’s Legal Millennial
As an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya of three years, practising at the Firm of Nyaanga & Mugisha Advocates, a PhD Researcher a lecturer of Public Law and a Fellow of the Associate Fellowship Scheme at the University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom, Christabel Mideva Eboso, is our millennial in this edition.
#7 2021 EDITION
In this edition, we bring to you our #7 Edition which features Dr Wycliffe Otiso, an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya, a Lecturer in Kisii University. He is currently an Editor for the Law Society of Kenya Journal and the Advocates Magazine.
REINSTATEMENT ORDER IN SOUTH AFRICA: What it Means for the Employer and the Employee- T. B. Ndhlalane
Aggrieved employees who have been dismissed by their employers in most cases refer an unfair dismissal dispute to either the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) or the Bargaining Council which holds the necessary jurisdiction to adjudicate such dispute. In most cases, these employees would be seeking relief in the form of reinstatement, compensation or sometimes even backpay.
Petroleum Industry Saviour: A Terse Breakdown of the Nigerian Petroleum Industry Act, 2021- Okediya Peter O., ACIArb
The ‘newly’ passed Petroleum Industry Act 2021 has been portrayed as Nigeria’s saviour from economic woes and the crippling oil and gas industry, however the Act started off as a bill which was dragged and delayed for nearly twenty years. This directly means the application of the Act was due twenty years ago, save for amendments and modifications by various administrations.
Sayches: A New Social Media Platform Focused on Privacy and Net Anonymity Has Opened for Signups
On Tuesday, August 3, 2021, a new London-based social media platform Sayches opened to the public. The platform aims to provide an uncensored social channel for users to access true freedom of speech while ensuring privacy is protected, a perspective that is missing from existing social media giants.
The Development of a Project by Founding a Management Company, Backed by an Asset Company in West African Countries- Franck Allessie
The implementation of a project through the creation of a management company (société de gestion in French), backed by an asset company (société de patrinoine in French), is a structure that can offer other advantages than those presented by the contractual structures set out in our current regulations (implementation of a project via a public contract, via a long lease (bail emphythéotique), via a PPP).
The main advantage of this type of scheme is to allow different rounds of financing in each of the companies and therefore to gather the maximum number of stakeholders, whose interests may be complementary, to have the debt borne solely by the asset company, to not involve the private operator in the investment by the asset company and to strictly confine the private operator to its role as operator.
