African Competition Authorities

[Updated July 2008]

	Competition Authorities	Documents & Consumer Information on Telecom & ICT issues	Other institutions
Benin	Direction de la Concurrence et Du Commerce Interieur – Ministère de L’Industrie, Du Commerce et de la Promotion de L’emploi
Botswana	Department of Trade and Consumer Affairs – Ministry Of Trade and Industry	Botswana Competition Policy (Competition Scenario in Botswana page 15; doc) Botswana: NICI Policy
Burkina Faso	Commission Nationale de la Concurrence et de la Consommation – Ministère du Commerce, de la Promotion de l’Entreprise et de l’Artisanat
Cameroon	Direction des Prix et de la Métrologie – Ministère de l’Economie et des Finances		Annuaire des entreprises du Cameroun
Central African Republic	Direction de la Concurrence – Ministère de l’Industrie, du Commerce et de la Promotion du Secteur Privé
Cote d´Ivoire	Commission de la Concurrence
Eritrea	Ministry of Trade and Industry
Gabon	Direction Générale des Prix et des Enquêtes Economiques – Ministère de Finances, de l’Economie, du Budget et des Participations chargé de la Privatisation	Gabon is a party to the Cotonou agreement between the EU and African, Caribbean and Pacific countries. Article 45 concerns competition policy. Conference Des Nations Unies Sur le Commerce et Developpement, Communication du Gabon, 2004 (pdf)
Ghana	Ministry Of Trade and Industry	Programme on Competition Law and Policy seeks support to expand beyond Latin American region, UNCTAD, 22 April 2008	Ghana Standards Board
Guinea	Direction Nationale du Commerce et de la Concurrence – Ministere du Commerce, Industrie et PME
Kenya	Monopolies and Prices Commission – Ministry of Finance, Monopolies & Prices Commission The Restrictive Trade Practices Tribunal		Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS)
Lesotho	Ministry of Trade, Industry, Cooperatives and Marketing
Malawi	The Competition and Fair Trading Commission Ministry of Industry, Trade and Private Sector Development The Privatisation Commission	Competition Policy for Malawi 1997 (pdf)
Mali	Direction Nationale du Commerce et de la Concurrence (DNCC) Conseil National de la Concurrence (CNC)
Mauritania	Direction de la Concurrence – Ministère du Commerce et de l’Artisanat
Mauritius	Autorité de Régulation – Ministry of Commerce and Consumer Protection	Communiqué du 1er Juillet 2007 relatif à la publication des catalogues d’interconnexion 2007-2008 des opérateurs de Telecommunications	Mauritius Chamber of Commerce & Industry
Namibia	Ministry of Trade and Industry	“Competition Policy for Namibia Promoting Fair Competition and Economic Development“, in NEPRU Policy Brief, Issue 4, February 2003 (pdf) Switch to Competition. Regulatory Challenges for Namibia’s Telecommunication Sector 2006 (pdf)
Niger	Direction du Commerce Interieur et de la Concurrence		Centre de Promotion des Investissements Sis à la Chambre de Commerce d’Agriculture, d’Industrie et d’Atisanat du Niger
Nigeria		The Need and the Challenges to the Establishment of a Competition Law Regime in Nigeria 2008 (pdf)
Senegal	Commission Nationale de la Concurrence – Ministère du Commerce		Agence nationale pour la promotion des investissements et des grands travaux (APIX) Centre international du Commerce extérieur du Sénégal (CICES) Observatoire sur les Systèmes d’Information, les Réseaux et les Inforoutes au Sénégal (OSIRIS)
South Africa	Competition Commission South Africa Competition Tribunal Competition Appeal Court	Comments to Legislative Processes: Comments on mobile pricing 2005/6 (doc) “Competition Regulation: The South African Experience,” paper presented by D. Lewis to ISCCO Conference 2000, Taipei – 21 June 2000 Role of Civil Society in Cooperating with National Competition Authorities 2004 (pdf)	Department of Trade & Industry
Tanzania	Fair Competition Commission The Fair Competition Tribunal (FCT) Ministry of Industry, Trade and Marketing
Togo	Ministère de l’Economie et des Finances
Uganda	Capital Market Authority	Competition and Consumer Protection Scenario in Uganda 2003 (Telecom page 15; pdf) Policy and Strategies for Rural Communications Development in Uganda 2001 (pdf)
Zambia	Zambia Competition Commission	Competition Policy in Zambia 2001 (pdf)
Zimbabwe	The Industry and Trade Competition Commission	Zimbabwe NICI Policy