BLANTYRE (MaraviPost)—A six-member delegation from the Tanzania Fair Competition Commission (FCC) is expected to jet in Malawi this weekend on a seven-day study tour.
According to Malawi’s Competition and Fair Trading Commission (CFTC), a government agency mandated to regulate, monitor, control and prevent acts or behavior that adversely affect competition and consumer welfare, the delegation will be in the country from 12 April to April 18 2015.
FCC is equally a Tanzania government regulatory agency established to promote and protect fair competition and consumer welfare.
The delegation, which will include FCC Commissioners, is scheduled to meet a number of local stakeholders that deal with issues of fair competition and consumer protection.
The FCC will meet stakeholders in the energy, telecommunications, standards setting, and financial sectors.
Commenting on the visit, CFTC Executive Director, Charlotte Wezi Malonda said they have an excellent working relationship with the Fair Competition Commission of Tanzania, founded on principles of enhancing cross-border enforcement of competition and consumer protection laws.
“I believe that the study tour will, not only help strengthen the existing relationship between the CFTC and FCC, but it will also further enhance the spirit of cooperation in the enforcement of anti-competitive and unfair trading practices with a cross-border dimension.
“The visit will also boost our efforts in Malawi, because it demonstrates that with relation to competition and consumer protection we are on the right track especially considering that our colleagues in the region have been enforcing for more than 10 years. ” said Malonda.
The six-member delegation will be led by the Chairman of the Tanzanian Fair Competition Commission, Prof Samuel Wangwe.
In December 2014, the CFTC and FCC signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), an agreement aimed at strengthening international cooperation in the enforcement of competition and consumer protection laws in Malawi and Tanzania through staff exchange, training and information sharing.
