In June 2023, the Minister of Investment, Industry, and Trade issued the Companies (Retention and Disposal of Company Documents) Regulations, 2023, in accordance with Section 455A of the Companies Act. The Regulations specify how companies should retain important documents. The important points of the Regulations are as follows: S/N Type of Document Retention Period 1 […]

The coming into force of the Personal Data Protection Act, 2022 (“the Act”) on 1 May 2023 has been followed by the issuance of The Personal Data Protection (Collection and Processing of Personal Data) Regulations, 2023 GN. No. 349 of 2023 (“the Regulations”) on 12 May 2023 by the Minister for Information, Communication and Technology. The […]

The Parliament of Tanzania, through the Written Laws (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3), Act No 5 of 2021 (published on 11th October 2021) amended several Acts of parliament, some of which have some implication on corporate arrangements. In this brief, we highlight those changes. Business Names (Registration) Act A: National ID necessary for registration Registration of […]

Hillary Kweka is currently interning at AfriCorp Attorneys. Hillary has a keen interest and aspires to specialize in Investment, Securities, Corporate, Arbitration, Compliance and regulatory areas of law practice. He is a recent Law Graduate from the University of Dar es Salaam, and he looks forward to enrolling on Postgraduate law studies at the Law […]

A Non-Governmental Organization, as defined under the Non-Governmental Organization Act No. 24 of 2002 as amended by the Written Laws (Miscellaneous Amendment) Act No. 3 of 2019, is a voluntary grouping of individuals or organizations which is non-partisan or non-profit sharing, established and operating for the benefit or welfare of the community or public. It […]