https://www.bizcommunity.com/156/717.html Niger Legislation & Regulation news 15 Legislation & Regulation news - Niger https://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/logo.gif https://www.bizcommunity.com/156/717.html en-us Mon, 06 Apr 2026 22:02:24 +0200 https://www.bizcommunity.com.gh/Article/83/828/222108.html Supporters and opponents of Ghana's new anti-LGBT bill faced off in parliament on Wednesday, 10 November 2021, in the first public hearings into the proposed legislation that would make it a crime to be gay, bisexual or transgender. 1-222108 Fri, 12 Nov 2021 11:45:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Legislation & Regulation Niger https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/307/217147.html Discarded single-use plastic shopping bags (SUPBs) are a growing environmental menace. Dubbed the 'white flower' in South Africa, the negative effects of SUPBs include reducing the aesthetic value of landscapes, clogging waterways, depleting petroleum reserves through their production, and endangering marine life through entanglement and ingestion. 1-217147 Wed, 23 Jun 2021 08:47:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Legislation & Regulation Niger https://www.bizcommunity.co.ke/Article/111/717/216051.html The regulatory net is closing on Kenya's fintech industry. 1-216051 Thu, 20 May 2021 15:14:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Legislation & Regulation Niger https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/727/211852.html In the midst of the planetary emergency of climate change, Covid-19 is testing modern civilisation's preparedness for shocks, across the spheres of finance, economics and technology; global, national and regional governance; global and population health; social cohesion and food security. This is according to Baker McKenzie's new report, Unprecedented: Converging Crises, which notes that while the vast majority of businesses around the world are now in the throes of the immediate impacts of the pandemic, the consequences of this abrupt global change will reverberate for decades to come. With the acute phase of the Covid-19 response mostly complete, business leaders have begun to look at how to position themselves to succeed in a turbulent world, with organisations in different sectors having to adapt to specific industry challenges brought about by the pandemic. 1-211852 Wed, 06 Jan 2021 08:11:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Legislation & Regulation Niger https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/11/196216.html New expectations of transparency and authenticity in business means things like organisational purpose, brand stories, how your company does things, what it believes in and what it stands for, can all play a part in how your company sees itself and how it is seen by others. 1-196216 Wed, 02 Oct 2019 12:07:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Legislation & Regulation Niger https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/11/193350.html "In an age of radical transparency, your internal culture is your brand. Time to take action!" proclaims the headline from Trendwatching.com. 1-193350 Tue, 23 Jul 2019 15:18:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Legislation & Regulation Niger https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/751/193314.html While fintech and mobile solutions for money transfers have taken off in Africa, there has been a mixed reaction thus far from governments to the use and regulation of blockchain and cryptocurrency. 1-193314 Wed, 17 Jul 2019 13:15:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Legislation & Regulation Niger https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/29/828/191904.html On 11 June 2019, the Botswana High Court ruled in favour of the case of LM vs the Attorney General of Botswana that challenged the constitutionality of sections 164(a) and (c) and section 167 of the Botswana Penal Code. These provisions criminalised same-sex sexual conduct between consenting adults and enforced a maximum sentence of seven years imprisonment. 1-191904 Wed, 12 Jun 2019 10:54:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Legislation & Regulation Niger https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/693/191344.html Minister of Energy, Jeff Radebe, has granted a welcome deviation from South Africa's existing power generation licensing regulations that allows additional power to be fed into the local grid. The change comes amidst growing concern over an already-strained national power supply and its ability to tolerate the increased winter load. 1-191344 Wed, 29 May 2019 07:24:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Legislation & Regulation Niger https://www.bizcommunity.africa/Article/410/643/184283.html A new study has found that outdated, colonial-era water permit systems across Africa are unintentionally criminalising millions of small farmers who can't obtain permits. This undermines efforts to boost farming production and meet economic growth goals. 1-184283 Wed, 14 Nov 2018 09:18:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Legislation & Regulation Niger