Africa-Press – Malawi. BLANTYRE-(MaraviPost)-The 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 September 12 to 16, 2022 host the 7th Annual Competition and Economic Regulation (ACER) week in Salima.
According to a statement by CFTC Acting Executive Director Apoche Itimu, 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.
She says the week will include three professional training programmes which will run concurrently from 12 to 14 September 12 to 14 and thereafter another conference from September 15 to 16 2022. Itimu adds that the Minister of Trade and Industry Mark Katsonga Phiri, is the one who will officially open the conference on September 15, 2022.
She says the three targeted professional training programmes will cover key concepts in economic regulation, competition economics and law with illustrations on how the theories and principles are applied.
“On the other hand, the ACER conference seeks to address issues of direct interest to competition authorities, economic regulators and industrial development practitioners in Africa.
“The Commission is honored 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,” says Itimu in a statement.
Established in 1998, under the Competition and Fair Trading Act, CFTC is mandated to regulate, monitor, control and prevent acts or behaviours which would adversely affect competition and fair trading in Malawi.
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