Herbert Smith Freehills is a proud supporter of the Africa Europe Forum. Thomas Kessler, a partner in the firm’s Frankfurt office, will join a panel discussion on the “Role of Renewable Energy in Sub-Saharan Africa’s Power Supply”. Nina Bowyer, a partner in our Paris office and global co-Head of the firm’s Africa Practice Group will … Read more

In his recent keynote address to the platinum group metals industry, Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Gwede Mantashe (the Minister) indicated that South Africa aims to increase the country’s share of global exploration expenditure to at least three per cent in the next five years. This is obviously laudable. According to data published by … Read more

It is now more widely accepted that import substitution policies seldom achieve the intended benefits Writing in the wake of the Great Depression in 1937, on the eve of World War 2, distinguished Cambridge economist Joan Robinson observed that on the face of it an increase in exports relative to imports leads to more employment. … Read more

Auteurs : Rebecca Major, associée et François Adao, collaborateur Cet article a initialement été publié par l’AGEFI Hebdo dans son numéro du 29 avril 2021. Le continent africain se trouve simultanément confronté à deux tendances : la diminution des investissements directs étrangers (IDE) et le désinvestissement des énergies fossiles. Si la première procède conjoncturellement de … Read more

The German-African Business Association (Afrika-Verein) in collaboration with Fund for Peace (FFP) are cordially inviting you to a joint HUMAN RIGHTS & BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE Investment and Extractives in Sudan: Insights and Implications for Human Rights on April 29th 2021(2:00 pm – 4:00 pm CEST). Sudan is currently a country in transition. In 2019, a popular … Read more

We are delighted to be hosting a webinar on 4 May 2021 at 15:00 – 16:00 CAT / 16:00 – 17:00 EAT with a special focus on foreign direct investment in Tanzania following the change of tone ushered in by President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s inauguration on March 19 following the death of President John Magufuli. … Read more

Senegal has just passed a new law on PPP. For our clients looking to invest in various sectors such as roads and maritime infrastructures, energy, water, ICT, healthcare and social housing in Senegal, we have prepared this note analysing this new law. Read more

Leading global law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has hired Huneiza Goolam to join its market leading global corporate practice as a partner in Johannesburg. Huneiza specialises in both M&A and equity capital markets (ECM), with sector expertise in financial services, mining and telecommunications. Her experience is pan-African as well as domestic. She has spent the … Read more