5th Annual Conference on Consumer Protection

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Created on Monday, 16 December 2013 15:59

Representatives from the Competition and Fair Trading Commission participated in the 5th annual Africa Dialogue Conference on Consumer Protection in Livingstone, Zambia from 10-12 September 2013. Held under the theme “Moving cross border collaboration forward”, the conference provided an informal platform for networking among consumer protection agencies in Africa. Topics covered at the conference included mobile technologies, cyber-threats, financial and credit issues.

At the end of the conference, delegates resolved to work together and collaborate in the areas of enforcement, investigations, information sharing and capacity building. Malawi was represented by Lewis Kulisewa, Director of Consumer Welfare and Education, George Banda, Economist and Richard Zidana, formerly Senior Economist.