Ghana has reformed its investment laws with the passage of the Ghana Investment Promotion Authority (GIPA) Bill, 2026. Once assented to by the President, the law will replace the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) Act, 2013, and establish the Ghana Investment Promotion Authority (GIPA).
ALN Ghana recently published a detailed update on the Bill’s key changes and their practical implications for investors and businesses in, or expanding into, Ghana.
The Nigeria Energy Quarterly Report – Q1 2026 provides an overview of key developments across Nigeria’s oil and gas, power and mining sectors between January and March 2026. The oil and gas sector recorded significant commercial and regulatory activities across the upstream, midstream, and downstream segments. Notable developments included the pre-qualification process for the 2025 NUPRC Bid Round, major presidential directives impacting sector governance, and renewed momentum in deepwater investment, including approval of the USD 20 billion Bonga Deepwater project by NNPC Limited. The period also saw resolution of long-standing industry disputes and the landmark OPL 245 settlement, alongside strategic equity movements such as Heirs Energies’ acquisition of a 20% stake in Seplat Energy.
Africa does not need more people who believe in its potential. It needs people willing to bet on its future.
On 30 April 2026, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) announced the completion of the River Niger crossing of the Obiafu-Obrikom-Oben (OB3) gas pipeline, marking a significant milestone in the pipeline project and Nigeria’s gas transmission network. This development follows the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) Gas Pipeline River Niger crossing in June 2025.
On 29 October 2025, in a ceremony at the Defence Headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Defence, the Honourable Roselinda Soipan Tuya, and France’s Ambassador to Kenya, H.E. Arnaud Suquet, signed a Defence Cooperation Agreement (the DCA) that marks a significant moment in a bilateral relationship that, while active in practice, had until now lacked any formal legal framework to govern it.
The DCA establishes that framework, covering joint training and maritime security, intelligence cooperation and peacekeeping. It is a carefully drafted instrument, measured in its immediate scope but consequential in what it signals about the trajectory of the relationship.
Plastic pollution presents a growing environmental and economic challenge across the East African Community (EAC), degrading ecosystems, contaminating water bodies, and imposing rising costs on public waste management systems. Recently, in the context of the Hormuz Strait conflict, prices of plastic items have increased significantly, threatening affordability and food security in Africa. While several EAC Partner States have adopted national bans and restrictions on single-use plastics (SUPs), fragmented regulatory approaches and uneven enforcement have significantly undermined their effectiveness, particularly in the context of porous borders and cross-border trade.
This article examines how the 2026 Gulf crisis has translated into concrete economic, fiscal and political pressures across some of Africa’s most consequential economies. Triggered by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz following the February 2026 escalation between the US, Israel and Iran, the crisis rapidly disrupted global energy, fertiliser and shipping markets.
Oil prices surged from around USD 70 per barrel to peaks above USD 120 per barrel, LNG and fertiliser exports from the Gulf were curtailed, and Red Sea–Suez shipping routes were effectively closed, forcing cargoes onto longer and more expensive Cape routes. While a ceasefire was reached in April, damage to core Gulf energy infrastructure and persistently elevated war risk insurance premiums mean disruption is ongoing rather than transitory.
On 24 April 2026, the Court of Appeal of Kenya (Hon. Mr Justice Patrick Kiage, Hon. Mr Justice Francis Tuiyyot, and Hon. Mr. Justice (Prof) Joel Ngugi) delivered a landmark judgment in Civil Appeal No. E223 of 2024 – JKP V KSC, that conclusively provides a framework for determining applications for the relocation of children. It is the first appellate decision that does so. ALN Kenya acted for the Respondent.
Nigeria’s electricity landscape is increasingly defined by off-grid and decentralised solutions. A significant portion of current activity, including commercial and industrial (C&I) power generation, distributed energy solutions, and renewable energy projects, is being developed outside the national grid, driven by reliability challenges and the need for flexible, captive power arrangements.
The NDPC, not too long ago, issued a guidance notice on data privacy and protection training for employees of data controllers and processors (the Notice). Article 30(1) of the NDPA General Application & Implementation Directive (GAID) mandates data controllers and processors to prepare and implement an organisational schedule for internal sensitisation and training on privacy, while Article 46(3) provides that all employees and other persons engaged by data controllers and processors are to be trained periodically on emerging developments in data processing.
