LinkedIn·Thursday, 20 August 2026·5d ago

Here are the events worth your diary space, and the regulatory changes that landed while you weren't looking. 🔵 Four rooms where the…

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Here are the events worth your diary space, and the regulatory changes that landed while you weren't looking. 🔵 Four rooms where the people building African legal tech and the people using it are talking to each other. → Demo Dozen, Corporate Legal Focus: 2 September, 12:00–15:00 CET Harvey | Clio | Litera | Athennian | CobbleStone Software | Emma Legal | Saga | GC AI | ThoughtRiver | SpotDraft | Afriwise | Legaltech Hub → GC Forum GRC 2026: 7 October 2026, Johannesburg. Hosted by Africa Legal and Afriwise, free for in-house teams, with speakers from Naspers and Prosus, Microsoft, Nedbank, Remgro, Sasol, Impala Platinum, PwC and the IDC. → Legal Tech Africa Conference (LTAC): 28 January 2027, The Galleria. Register your interest and be the first to claim a seat at the table of Africa's legal ecosystem. + Pan African Lawyers Union (Official) takes its 16th Annual Conference to Cairo from 31 August to 2 September 2026, on AI across business law, legal practice and public interest and development law. This week's reads: Angola - PLMJ outlines Law 6/26 of 4 August on liability for false information online, which can reach platforms and application providers based outside Angola. Ethiopia - Dablo Law Firm examines what ECMA and ESX's new Sustainable Securities Framework opens up for green bonds. Mozambique - PLMJ highlights the new Cybersecurity and Cybercrime Laws, which apply across public and private entities relying on networks and information systems. Nigeria - SimmonsCooper Partners details the CBN's Instant Payment Guidelines, in force since 1 July, bringing device binding and transaction caps to effectively every licensed operator. South Africa - Webber Wentzel sets out the draft General (Mining) Laws Amendment Bill, 2026, amending four statutes and raising penalties for illegal prospecting and mining. Tanzania - Clyde & Co unpacks the Foreign Exchange (Amendment) Regulations, 2026, broadening "direct investment" and revising compliance timelines for exporters, importers and banks. Plus developments in Botswana, Mauritius, the North West Province, and more. Which of these are on your radar? GC Forum GRC 2026: Where GCs Say What They Actually Think, Green Bonds in Ethiopia, the New Legal Framework for Cybersecurity and Cybercrime in... https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/gc-forum-grc-2026-where-gcs-say-what-actually-think-green-bonds-amdtf?trackingId=aQdwvrZB03X10ON7G0oR6w%3D%3D