Welcome to “Lowenstein Africa Presents: Venture Voices”
Legal Challenges Part 1 – Setting Up Your Startup for Success
A Conversation with Janade du Plessis of Launch Africa Ventures: Balancing Sustainable Development with ROI
GILTI Conscience Podcast | An In-Depth Look at International Tax in Africa: Part 1
Corruption Risk in Africa
Nota Bene Episode 136: Africa Q3 Check In: Diligent Competition Investigations and the Digitization of the Economy with Andreas Stargard
Nota Bene Episode 113: Common Markets and the Race for Power in Africa with Andreas Stargard
FCPA Compliance Report-Episode 294-Chris Tomlinson
African Law Firms & Foreign Counterparts Navigate 'Tense' Relationship
Green hydrogen is often hailed as a critical part of the low-carbon energy future – and Africa as the continent where that future will be realised. But while the opportunity for Africa is clear, the task of maximising its...more
Africa’s heavy reliance on fossil fuels for economic growth, set against the backdrop of strict environmental regulations and emissions-reduction targets, creates a perfect storm of factors that could give rise to climate...more
As the world focuses on energy transition and decarbonisation, there is clearly no shortage of bold ambition on the part of many African governments to play a key role in global efforts to tackle climate change. Meanwhile,...more
Recent disruptions in the global food supply chains have highlighted Africa's urgent need to become self-sufficient in food production. Traditionally, the continent has turned to small-scale community-based agricultural...more
Concluding our series on COP27, Tim Scales, head of A&O’s Africa Group and Co-Head of the Global Projects Practice, calls for a pragmatic approach, recognising that, vital though energy transition is, it will not happen...more
Some believe Africa must choose whether development or energy transition should come first. But as Guled Yusuf, an Arbitration partner working extensively in Africa, tells Tim Scales, Head of the Africa Group and Co-Head of...more
With Egypt hosting COP27, the UN’s latest annual climate conference, what are the challenges and opportunities for Africa in tackling climate change? Tim Scales, Head of the Africa Group and Co-Head of the Global Projects...more
Blocking funding for gas energy projects in Africa may seem like sensible climate policy. But is it? Although the generally accepted ultimate goal is to replace fossil fuels entirely, there is a strong case for starting by...more
Africa offers vast potential for renewable energy deployment and investments - This article reflects changes in the rapidly evolving and crucial field of renewable energy in Africa. Currently, the International...more
Andrew Horvath, Global Group Chairman of Australia’s Star Scientific, speaks with Hydrogen Rising co-hosts David Wochner and Kelly Davies about the Hydrogen Energy Release Optimiser (HERO®), his company’s award-winning,...more
Romney Helps GOP Look for New Path on Climate Change - "But a group of Republicans -- Romney and Sens. Lamar Alexander and Lindsey Graham, who worked with Democrats in 2009 and 2010 to cap carbon emissions, as well as others...more
West Virginia Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in EQT Doddridge County Trespassing Case - "The state Supreme Court will decide if a lower court judge got it right when he ruled natural gas production company EQT trespassed...more
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal Would Reshape the Economy in 10 Years. That Could Shock the Energy Sector. "The concern is that Ocasio-Cortez's plan to achieve climate goals in just 10 years will not only tee up...more
Is U.S. Shale as Productive as It's Cracked Up to Be? "When you look at the data, the question arises of whether E&Ps' well production systems are as efficient and productive as they like to think they are." Why this is...more
Middle East PPP Policy Developments: Kuwait and Dubai - Introduction - In a climate of falling oil prices and tightening government budgets, several states in the Gulf Cooperation Council region (GCC) are looking...more
The historic 21st annual meeting (COP21) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Paris in December 2015 resulted in the Paris Agreement (Agreement) which goes further than any previous climate...more
Leading the News - Egypt: On November 12th, officials at the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) noted while they had offered assistance to both Egyptian...more
Leading the News - Libya: On October 8th, The Washington Post provided an update on the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’s (ISIL) activities in Sirte, Libya. Since taking hold of Sirte earlier this year, ISIL...more
Leading the News - Burkina Faso: On September 17th, U.S. National Security Advisor Susan Rice condemned the unconstitutional seizure of power by elements of the Presidential Security Regiment in Burkina Faso and...more