Algeria
Introduction
Foreign Investment Regulation
Foreign Companies' Representation
Commercial Companies Law
Companies Tax System
Non-Resident Exchange Regulation
Employment Law
Banking and Stock Exchange Market System
Benin
Introduction
Establishment of Enterprises
Acquisition of Enterprises
Acquisition of Realty
Taxation
Customs Regulation
Currency Regulation, Capital and Profit Transfer
Investment Incentives
Competition Law
Intellectual Property Protection
Employment Law
Banking Law
Botswana
General Background of the Country
Establishment of Enterprises
Acquisition of Enterprises
Acquisition of Realty
Taxation
Customs Regulations
Currency Regulation, Capital and Profit Transfer, Investment Incentives
Competition Law
Intellectual Property
Employment Law
Banking Law
Important Addresses
Burkina Faso
Introduction
Establishment of Enterprises
Acquisition of Enterprises
Acquisition of Realty
Taxation
Customs Regulation
Currency Regulation, Capital and Profit Transfer
Investment Incentives
Competition Law
Intellectual Property
Employment Law
Banking Law
Cameroon
General Introduction
Establishment of Enterprises
Principal Business Organizations and Formation Procedures
Acquisition of Enterprises
Acquisition of Realty
Taxation
Customs Regulation
Investment Incentives and Currency Regulation
Competition Law
Intellectual Property Protection
Employment Law
Banking Law
The Democratic Republic of Congo
Introduction
The Legislative Process
Investment Application
Corporate Organization
Limited Liability Share Partnership
General Conditions for Conduct of Business
Acquisition of Realty
Taxes
Labor
Customs Legislation
Exchange Control
Intellectual Property Protection
Bank Legislation
Unfair Competition Law
Egypt
Introduction
Direct Investment in Egypt
Taxation
Ethiopia
Introduction
The New Joint Venture Law
Areas of Investment
Resolution of Disputes
Disputes Arising from the Joint Venture Agreement
Ghana
Introduction
Legal Market
Proposed Legislative Reforms
Establishment of Enterprises
Acquisition of Enterprises
Acquisition of Realty
Taxation
Customs Regulations
Currency Regulation, Capital and Profit Transfer, and Investment Incentives
Competition Law
Intellectual Property
Employment Law
Banking Law
Guinea
Introduction
Establishment of Enterprises
Acquisition of Enterprises
Acquisition of Realty
Taxation
Customs Regulation
Currency Regulation, Capital and Profit Transfer
Investment Incentives
Competition Law
Intellectual Property
Employment Law
Banking Law
Ivory Coast
Introduction
Establishment of Enterprises
Acquisition of Enterprises
Acquisition of Assets
Acquisition of Realty
Taxation
Customs Regulations
Foreign Currency Control
Competition
Intellectual Property
Employment Law
Banking Law
Kenya
Introduction
Business Entities
Competition
Expropriation
Employment
Taxation
Judicial Aspects
Intellectual Property Rights
Business Hours
Appendices
Liberia
Introduction
Forms of Business Presence
Investment Incentives
Customs and Trade
Import and Export Limitations and Formalities
Taxation
Exchange Controls, Banking and Security
Labor, Social Security and Immigration
Intellectual Property and Industrial Property Rights
Price Controls and Unfair Competition Legislation
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Appendix D
Bibliography
Madagascar
Introduction
Establishment of Enterprises
Acquisition of Enterprises
Acquisition of Realty
Taxation
Customs Regulation
Currency Regulation, Capital and Profit Transfer, Investment Incentives
Competition Law
Intellectual Property Protection
Employment Law
Banking Law
Malawi
Introduction
Legal Framework
Principal Corporate Statutes
Malawi Investment Promotion Agency
Local Currency
Malawi, the Preferential Trade Area and the Southern Africa Development Community
Financing of Business and Security Arrangements
Taxation
Capital Market
Malawi Development Corporation and Finance Corporation of Malawi: Current Opportunities in Malawi
Malawi Employment Law
Recent Developments
Mauritania
Introduction
Establishment of Enterprises
Acquisition of Enterprises
Acquisition of Reality
Taxation
Customs Regulation
Currency Regulation, Capital and Profit Transfer, Investment Incentives
Competition Law
Intellectual Property Protection
Employment Law
Banking Law
Conclusion
Mozambique
Incorporation of Companies
Investment Protection
Republic of Namibia
Introduction
The Legal System
Forms of Enterprise
Competition
Registration of Enterprises, Licenses, and Permits
Financial Institutions
Customs and Excise
Exchange Control
Intellectual Property
Investment Code
Export Processing Zone
Labor Aspects
Tax Aspects
Conclusion
Some Useful Addresses
Nigeria
Political and Social Environment
Trade and Industrial Policy
Framework for the Operations of Foreign Business Interests
Representative Offices
Local Incorporation Requirements
Business Names Registration for Sole Proprietors, Partnerships and Firms
The Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission Act Number 16 of 1995
Business Permit, Expatriate Quota and Immigration Formalities for Work Permits
Capital Importation and Remittances by Foreign Investors
Labor, Health, Safety, Industrial and Environmental Standards
Drugs and Related Products (Registration, etc) Act of 1993
Taxation and Other Fiscal Issues
Laws Prohibiting Trade Malpractices and Economic Mischiefs
Resolution of Commercial Disputes
New Regulatory Framework of the Electric Power Industry
New Regulatory Framework of the Telecommunications Industry
Appendix
Senegal
Introduction
The Tax System
The Statute Book of Investments
The Labor System
South Africa
Introduction
Legal Entities
Fiscal Structure and Tax System
Exchange Control
Work and Residence Permits
Labor Law
Competition Law
Environmental Law
Credit Control
Anti Money Laundering Legislation
Intellectual Property
Land Ownership
Establishing a Presence in South Africa
Sudan
Legal System
Establishment of Enterprises
Acquisition of Realty
Taxation
Customs Regulation
Currency Regulation, Capital and Profit Transfer, and Investment Incentives
Competition Law
Intellectual Property Law
The Employment Law
Banking Law
Tanzania
Introduction
Establishment of Enterprises
Acquisition of Enterprises
Acquisition of Realty
Taxation
Customs Regulation
Currency Regulation, Capital and Profit Transfer, Investment Incentives
Competition Law
Intellectual Property Protection
Employment Law
Banking Law
Tunisia
Introduction
Economic Environment
Investment Issues
Environment
Monopolies and Competition
Acquisitions and Mergers
Labor Regulations
Restrictions on Foreign Investment
Conclusion
Uganda
Introduction
Establishment of Enterprises
Acquisition of Enterprises
Acquisition of Realty
Taxation
Currency Regulations, Capital and Profit Transfer, Investment Incentives
Intellectual Property Protection
Employment Law
Zambia
Introduction
Establishment of Enterprises
Acquisition of Enterprises
Acquisition of Realty
Taxation
Customs Regulation
Currency Regulation, Capital and Profit Transfer, and Investment Incentives
Competition Law
Intellectual Property Protection
Employment Law
Banking Law
Zanzibar
Introduction
Dispute Resolution
Establishment of Enterprises
Acquisition of Enterprises
Acquisition of Reality
Taxation
Currency Regulation, Capital and Profit Transfer, and Investment Incentives
Intellectual Property Protection
Employment Law
Banking Law
Zimbabwe
General Introduction
Acquisition of Enterprises
Acquisition of Immovable Property
Taxation
Customs Regulation
Currency Regulations, Capital and Profit Transfer, Investment Incentives
Competition Law
Intellectual Property Protection
Employment Law
Banking Law
