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Harmonising consumer protection redress regimes to enhance bilateral trade between Nigeria and South Africa
Mini Dissertation (LLM (International Trade and Investment Law in Africa))--University of Pretoria, 2025.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/106977 Harmonising consumer protection redress regimes to enhance bilateral trade between Nigeria and South Africa Ngobeni, Tinyiko tijjanifauziya350@gmail.com Tijjani, Fauziya UCTD Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Harmonisation Consumer Protection Redress Nigeria South Africa Mini Dissertation (LLM (International Trade and Investment Law in Africa))--University of Pretoria, 2025. Nigeria and South Africa, as two of Africa's largest economies under the AfCFTA, recorded approximately US$2.55 billion in bilateral trade in 2024, with South Africa's exports to Nigeria in June 2025 at ZAR 673 million (up 39.6% from June 2024), with August 2025 exports from South Africa to Nigeria at ZAR 520 million (down 24% from August 2024) per recent TRALAC data with projections of further growth via tariff concessions under the AfCFTA. Yet, with this magnitude of trading, there has been no institution of cross-border consumer redress for consumers. Their existing consumer redress frameworks are fragmented and domestically focused, undermining consumer confidence and trust and exposing consumers to various risks. This poses a significant barrier and risk to the growth of secure and fair bilateral trading between the countries. This dissertation embarks on a journey to harmonise the legal and institutional frameworks on consumer redress between the two countries to propose a cross-border consumer redress mechanism. It therefore critically analyses the frameworks of Nigeria and South Africa and does an analysis of the EAC, COMESA and EU cross-border consumer redress regimes to extract best practices for the harmonisation efforts. The analysis revealed that while South Africa’s CPA is robust and multi-layered, that of Nigeria (the FCCPA) is centralised and litigation-focused, but then both frameworks suffer from an absence of cross-border consumer redress. The study then concludes by proposing a harmonised framework. These include the adoption of a Bilateral Consumer Protection Redress Agreement to ensure mutual recognition of judgements and standards, legislative amendments in Nigeria, the establishment of a Joint Bilateral Consumer Redress Commission (JBCRC) with an appellate tribunal to handle cross-border complaints, and the implementation of an Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) platform and an ECC-Net-like support system to ensure accessibility and efficiency. Centre for Human Rights LLM (International Trade and Investment Law in Africa) Unrestricted Faculty of Laws SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions 2025-11-28T10:36:11Z 2025-11-28T10:36:11Z 2025-12-10 2025-09-29 Mini Dissertation *F Tijjani 'Harmonising Consumer Protection Redress Regimes to enhance Bilateral Trade between Nigeria and South Africa' Masters' Thesis, Univeristy of Pretoria (2025) D2025 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/106977 en © 2024 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Harmonisation Consumer Protection Redress Nigeria South Africa Harmonising consumer protection redress regimes to enhance bilateral trade between Nigeria and South Africa |
| title | Harmonising consumer protection redress regimes to enhance bilateral trade between Nigeria and South Africa |
| title_full | Harmonising consumer protection redress regimes to enhance bilateral trade between Nigeria and South Africa |
| title_fullStr | Harmonising consumer protection redress regimes to enhance bilateral trade between Nigeria and South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Harmonising consumer protection redress regimes to enhance bilateral trade between Nigeria and South Africa |
| title_short | Harmonising consumer protection redress regimes to enhance bilateral trade between Nigeria and South Africa |
| title_sort | harmonising consumer protection redress regimes to enhance bilateral trade between nigeria and south africa |
| topic | UCTD Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Harmonisation Consumer Protection Redress Nigeria South Africa |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/106977 |