12/09/2022
Competition and Fair Trading Commission (CFTC), COMESA Competition Commission CCC and the University of Johannesburg’s Centre for Competition Regulation and Economic Development-CCRED will from 12 to 16 September, 2022 host the 7th Annual Competition and Economic Regulation-ACER week in Salima.
The ACER week provides a valuable platform for competition authorities and other regulators to share knowledge, keep abreast of key developments across the region, and build networks for collaboration between agencies.
According to a statement from CFTC and signed by its acting executive director Apoche Itimu, the week will include three professional training programmes which will run concurrently from 12 to 14 September, and thereafter a conference from 15 to 16 September 2022.
The Minister of Trade and Industry Honourable Mark Katsonga Phiri, M.P will officially open the conference on 15 September, 2022 which seeks to address issues of direct interest to competition authorities, economic regulators and industrial development practitioners in Africa.
The Commission is honoured to co-host the ACER week alongside CCC and CCRED, as part of enhancing its collaboration and cooperation with international bodies in the enforcement of competition and consumer protection laws and capacity building, leads part of the statement.
By Kenneth Kamphonje(Lilongwe)