Kenya’s capital, Nairobi will this year host the 7th edition of the East Africa International Arbitration Conference next month.
The conference which provides an a high profile platform for International Arbitration practitioners, arbitration users, state counsel, academia, and in-house corporate lawyers to learn, share best practice, network and deliberate on International Arbitration as an important tool for promoting FDI in Africa, is expected to provide a forum to promote, profile and celebrate Africa’s International Arbitration & Arbitrators.
It has the theme, “Government Contracting and Investment Disputes: Lessons for States and Investors,” and the conference seeks to explore the full spectrum of government contracting from procurement and public-private partnerships, tender disputes, dispute mitigation in government contracts, investment arbitration and arbitrating with governments in African centres.
Based on the strides chalked in recent years by the Kenyan government in connection with the defense of two high profile investment arbitrations and the establishment of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), ratified by 24 out of 55 countries, the East Africa International Arbitration platform will further seek to promote arbitration practice as the best means to resolve commercial disputes.
Source: APO
