Madagascar is strengthening competition and consumer protection through a workshop organized in collaboration with COMESA.
According to the Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Haingotiana Michela Angela Andriamadison, this initiative is part of the State’s policy to establish healthy competition, which is essential for attracting investors, fostering business development, and ensuring consumers have access to quality products at competitive prices.
Simultaneously, the ministry continues market inspections to remove expired or dangerous products from circulation. The Minister reaffirmed the authorities’ commitment to strictly enforce the law against operators marketing products that could endanger consumer health.
For his part, Steven Kamukama, Director of Consumer Welfare and Advocacy at the COMESA Competition Commission, recalled that cooperation between Madagascar and the regional organization reached a decisive milestone in 2016 with the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the COMESA Competition Commission and the Madagascar Competition Council.
This agreement has notably formalized the exchange of information during investigations and clarified the competencies of each institution in monitoring mergers and acquisitions.
He also mentioned the 19th COMESA Heads of State Summit, held in Antananarivo in October 2016, during which the Council of Ministers validated the financial operations of the Competition Commission and decided that Madagascar would benefit from a portion of the fees generated from regional merger control operations.
At the national level, that same year marked the effective entry into force of the obligation to notify concentration operations, particularly mergers and acquisitions, in accordance with the decree adopted at the end of 2015. This development is part of the process of harmonizing Malagasy regulations with those of COMESA.
Documents presented during the workshop reiterate that the Competition Council is an independent administrative authority responsible for ruling on agreements, abuses of dominant positions, and concentration operations. It also serves in an advisory capacity to public authorities. The distributed brochures specify the procedures for referring matters to this institution, allowing administrations, businesses, and individuals to report potential anti-competitive practices.
Captured & Published at: 2026-07-17 05:57:14 (Madagascar Local Time EAT)
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