Discovering Africa Thru' Technology

09. Using Policy, Data and Research to Protect African Farmers, Consumers and Traders against Unfair Competition

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How can African SMEs take advantage of the 1.3 billion worth of revenue to be generated from being in the African free trade market where established companies have a more competitive advantage?

We speak with Thembelezi Buthelezi, principal economist at the Competition Commission of South Africa, and Dr Mor Bouktum, Assistant Professor of Law Université numérique Cheikh Hamidou KANE (UN-CHK) of Senegal, Head of the division of Research and Innovation the department in charge of coordinating the research at UVS and Director of the interdisciplinary school of UVS.

Law Lecturer and Senior Research Fellow Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law-Munich-Germany

  1. How Africa misses opportunities through the current market structure
  2. How to use flexibility to look at African problems to better open up our markets
  3. 3 strategies SMEs can use to position themselves to thrive in the midst of established competition among other topics

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    Dr Mor Bouktum: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mor-bakhoum-61296713/


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    Discovering Africa Thru' TechnologyBy Raziah Mwawanga