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African competition enforcement in numbers

6,922 decisions from 22 authorities, 1999 to 2026: where they come from, what happens to a matter, what kind of matters they are, and how fast the record is growing. Every figure is from the Competition Brief decisions database.

Short1:137 chaptersNo narrationNov 1, 2026
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In this explainer

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    The database holds 6,922 decisions from 22 authorities across 16 countries and 3 regional bodies.

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    53% of the record comes from a single body, South Africa's Competition Tribunal.

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    Only 12 matters were prohibited outright; most are cleared.

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    Two in three matters are mergers, and 2025 produced 2.4 times as many decisions as 2015.

Sources

  1. The Competition Brief decisions database, as published on 1 November 2026

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