Commitments, Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, Competition enforcement, Judicial review, Jurisdiction, Sport
The COMESA Appeals Board Upholds CAF’s Defence and Closes Investigations into Intermediation Agreement with Sportfive, Setting Precedent for Years to Come
On 16 January 2023, the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (the “COMESA” or the “Common Market”) Competition Appeals Board (the “Appeals Board”) published its seminal decision upholding the commitments provided by the Confédération Africaine de Football (the “CAF”) in relation to contracts for the commercialization of CAF’s media and marketing rights (the “Intermediation…