DATA MUST FALL: EVIDENCE FROM MTN SA, NIGERIA AND GHANA
Nicholas Nhundu and Farisai Chin’anga South Africa has high data prices compared to other countries globally. The parliamentary portfolio committee on telecommunications and postal services conducted a two day hearing in September (2016) to investigate the high data prices in South Africa. In these hearings the South African mobile network operators (MNOs) submitted that […]
REFLECTION ON THE ARCELORMITTAL SETTLEMENT
Tatenda Zengeni On 17 November 2016, the South African Competition Tribunal (“Tribunal”) confirmed a settlement agreement reached between the Competition Commission and ArcelorMittal South Africa Ltd (AMSA) with regards to AMSA’s involvement in the long steel and scrap metal cartels. The settlement covered four complaints against AMSA, three of which involved collusion in flat steel, […]
COMPETITION AUTHORITY OF KENYA (CAK) RULES ON USSD PRICING
Maria Nkhonjera The Competition Authority of Kenya has ordered all mobile money service providers, including Safaricom, to disclose all mobile money service fees payable by consumers for USSD (unstructured supplementary service data) based transactions. The new regulations which were introduced late in 2016, require customers to be informed of all fees prior to the completion […]
REGULATORY STANDOFF BETWEEN POTRAZ AND MOBILE NETWORK OPERATORS IN ZIMBABWE
Teboho Bosiu The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) set floor prices for data and voice services including promotional packages, effective in January 2017. The floor prices are set at $0.12 per minute for voice services, and $0.02 per megabyte for data. Initially data prices were below $0.01 per megabyte. The floor prices are said […]
QUARTERLY COMPETITION CASE UPDATE – MAIN ENFORCEMENT CASES
Julius Nyamwena and Pamela Mondliwa [1] Industrial Development Think Tank[2] On 1st July 2020, the Protection of Personal Information Act (“POPIA”) came into effect after being introduced in 2014. POPIA positions South Africa in the mainstream of relatively well-developed data protection laws, regulating the collection, processing, and sharing of personal information. These controls over the […]
UNDERSTANDING ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN JOHANNESBURG
Lauralyn Kaziboni The manufacturing sector plays a pivotal role in the development and growth of an economy due to its forward and backward linkages with other sectors. Economic activity in Johannesburg can also lead to benefits across southern Africa (“the region”) where firms in Johannesburg are key suppliers. To maximise the gains from the […]