Regional Bodies | Ghana | Africa Competition Guide

Please confirm whether your jurisdiction is a member of any regional bodies that have a competition law regime (e.g., COMESA, CEMAC, EAC, etc.).

Ghana is a member of the Economic Community of West African States (“ECOWAS”), which has a competition law regime.

Please confirm whether your jurisdiction has signed any Memorandum of Understanding with any other jurisdiction. If so, kindly provide details.

Ghana is a signatory to the ECOWAS Regional Competition Rules. Local counsel are not aware of any Memorandum of Understanding signed by Ghana with another jurisdiction which impacts competition.

Please describe trends on the level of enforcement of the regional body.

The ECOWAS Regional Competition Authority is relatively new. Local counsel understand that the RCA is presently focused on fostering a stronger competition culture in the region.

If a merger is notifiable in your jurisdiction and the thresholds for regional notification are also triggered, are parties required to notify both domestically and regionally?

Certain sector regulators in Ghana must be made aware of notifiable transactions. In addition, the ECOWAS Regional Competition Authority must be notified of a merger if it affects two or more ECOWAS member states.

To the extent that the merger will only affect Ghana, the notification requirements of the ECOWAS will not be triggered.

Please describe cases where a regional body has engaged with your local competition authority in relation to enforcement of competition law cases or merger reviews.

Local counsel are not aware of any instances where the regional body has engaged with Ghana’s local competition authority in relation to enforcement of competition law cases or merger reviews.

Please describe any announced cooperation between your local competition authority and regional body(ies) in relation to new or ongoing investigations.

Local counsel are not aware of any announced cooperation between our local competition authority and regional body(ies) in relation to new or ongoing investigations.

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