Month: February 2026
6 posts
AfCFTA and Fashion — What African Designers Need to Know About Cross-Border Trade
AfCFTA promises African designers tariff-free access to a 1.3 billion-person market, but with rules of origin for textiles only just finalised in February 2026, and AGOA's US market access hanging on a single year's reauthorization, understanding exactly what qualifies for preferential treatment has never mattered more.
February 25, 2026
The Paperwork Problem: Why Provenance Certification Excludes the Producers It’s Meant to Protect
Buyers in London, Antwerp and New York increasingly want to know where a stone came from before they’ll…
February 23, 2026
Copied, Not Credited: Why African Jewellery Design Needs Its Own IP Framework
African jewellery design intellectual property remains unprotected — the Tongoro-Balmain case shows why. By Africa Jewellery & Gemstone Law.
February 16, 2026
Data Protection Is Fashion Law: Why African Brands Can No Longer Treat Privacy as an IT Problem
Most conversations about protecting an African fashion brand start and end with copyright, trademarks, and design rights, and…
February 11, 2026
Artisanal Mining Rights Law in Africa: Who Owns the Ground Beneath a Gemstone?
Across Africa’s gemstone-producing regions, two mining sectors operate side by side under two entirely different relationships to the…
February 9, 2026
The Gateway, Not the Mine: What Blood Diamonds Teach Us About the Rest of Africa’s Gemstone Trade
The Kimberley Process was never really about diamonds. It was proof of a broader principle: that when a…
February 2, 2026