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East Africa Deal Report 2026
Deal value rose for the second year in a row, led by infrastructure, financial services and a revival in mid-market private equity.
Why Nairobi is earning its place as an arbitral seat
Supportive courts, a maturing institution and a deep bench of practitioners are changing where African disputes are heard.
Data protection enforcement: what boards need to know now
Regulators across the region are moving from guidance to penalties. Here is what has changed and what to do about it.
Green and sustainability-linked bonds come of age
From first issuances to repeat programmes: lessons from the region’s most active sustainable debt year.
Merger control across COMESA and the EAC: a practical map
Overlapping regimes, different thresholds, one deal timetable. How to plan filings without losing months.
Boardroom Briefing: trading under the AfCFTA
A breakfast roundtable for general counsel and CFOs on rules of origin, tariff schedules and structuring regional supply chains.
The Counsel Room, Episode 14: Hybrid work, two years on
What employers got right, what they are now revisiting, and the legal questions that keep coming back.
The quiet risk in family enterprise: succession without structure
Most family businesses do not fail in the market. They fail in the transition. Governance is the remedy.
Five lessons from financing geothermal at scale
Resource risk, offtaker credit and the structures that brought lenders to the table.