Practical guidance on African law
Understand how the law works in practice.
Practical Guidance answers legal and regulatory questions across 30+ African countries — developed with leading law firms in each jurisdiction, and linked to the relevant legislation.
Answers in Q&A format
Start from the question, not a lengthy report.
Compare across countries
The same question, answered side by side.
Multi-country overviews
Structured, current, ready for stakeholders.
Linked to the legislation
Every answer connected to its legal basis.
Ask the firm behind the answer
Clarifications routed to the in-country firm.
Always current
Continuously maintained as the law changes.
The law tells you the rule. Practical Guidance helps you apply it.
Finding the legislation is only the beginning — how a requirement is interpreted, implemented and enforced in practice is what determines your position in each market.
Practical Guidance answers the questions of doing business across African jurisdictions in a clear Q&A format — developed with leading in-country law firms, connected to the underlying legislation, and kept current as the law changes.
From regulatory development to informed action
Select the relevant country, area of law, topic and question.
Read clear, country-specific answers developed and maintained with leading in-country law firms.
View the answers side by side across your African footprint.
Open legislation and source material connected to the guidance.
Ask the relevant firm for clarification through a simple in-platform request, or set up a call with an in-country expert.
Developed with the lawyers who work with the law every day
Local insight, consistently structured
Developed and maintained with leading law firms in each covered jurisdiction, drawing on Afriwise's network of 180+ in-country law firms, under Afriwise editorial supervision — one consistent structure across countries.
The guidance and the law are connected
Request clarification from the firm behind the answer, or find the right in-country specialist through the Expert Network, when written guidance alone isn't enough.
Built for multi-country legal teams
The same questions and structure across jurisdictions, replacing the commissioning and reconciling of separate country reports.
Expertise remains within reach
Request clarification from the firm behind the answer, or find the right in-country specialist through the Expert Network, when written guidance alone isn't enough.
"A treasure trove of trusted legal intelligence. Combining a robust AI platform with human expertise (a network of top local law firms)… our team is relieved from the tedious gathering and double-checking of legal information."
Use external counsel where their expertise adds the most value
Practical Guidance does not replace counsel on complex or matter-specific advice. It gives legal teams a reliable starting point, helps identify the issues that genuinely require specialist input, and lets you approach external counsel with a more precise question.
Continue in Afriwise
The laws and regulations you need across African jurisdictions, in one place.
Ask legal questions in plain language and receive grounded answers with sources.
Find and contact the right in-country legal expert, or request proposals when a matter needs counsel.
Understand the law across Africa — and how it works in practice
Give your legal and compliance teams a current, comparable starting point across the African jurisdictions in which your organisation operates.