In June 2017 the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) announced plans to develop a regulatory sandbox, establishing Bahrain as a leader in the Middle East’s financial technology (fintech) landscape. The regulatory sandbox is a virtual space and framework that facilitates the development of fintech through safe testing of innovative products, services...
The most recent amendments to Bahrain’s Legislative Decree No. 21 of 2001 promulgating the Commercial Companies Law were ratified in January 2018, and built upon the shareholder-friendly trends of the 2014 and 2015 amendments to the decree.
Despite its diversified economy, Bahrain has nonetheless faced pressures in recent years as a result of the 2014-15 drop in global oil prices. However, a multibillion-dollar aid package from other Gulf states and an accompanying fiscal adjustment plan, as well as growth following a partial oil price recovery and a major oil and gas discovery, offer hope for an economic turnaround in 2019.
Côte d’Ivoire is a civil law country. As such, the legal system does not rely on prior decisions, but is instead structured by several different specific codes. The supreme law of the country is the constitution adopted by referendum on October 30, 2016.
Similar to other ECOWAS member states such as Senegal, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde and Mali, Côte d’Ivoire has implemented a personal data protection legal framework in line with the ECOWAS Supplementary Act A/SA.1/01/10 on Personal Data Protection (2010).
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