The African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA)- What is in it for Zimbabwean businesses?

“It is clear that we must find an African solution to our problems, and that this can only be found in African unity. Divided we are weak; united, Africa could become one of the greatest forces for good in the world.” – Kwame Nkrumah The African Continental Free Trade Area (“AfCFTA”) is finally here and

Law on Guarantees in Zimbabwe

In this week’s blog post we discuss Zimbabwean law on contracts of guarantee. What is a contract of Guarantee? In simple terms a guarantee contract is an autonomous agreement between the guarantor and the creditor. It is essentially a promise by one party (the “guarantor”) that a second party (the “principal debtor”) will fulfil his

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on small online business

  Covid-19 is a virus that took the world by surprise at the beginning of 2020 and brought the globe to a standstill. It is an “invisible enemy” and a novel virus, that spreads at unprecedented rates; it caused grave uncertainty in all spheres including online trade. When the virus first emerged, due to its ability to

Law of Cession Series: Part 1 Introduction

In this blog post we discuss the law of cession. Cession is an important area of law in Zimbabwe especially when regard is had to the increasing number of immovable properties being sold through cession. Cessions have numerous uses in a variety of contexts such as being used as revocable security in transactions with creditors,