We make African law accessible and usable.
We provide digital, high-quality and accurate African law to audiences in Africa and the world.
Access to the law supports of the rule of law, human rights and economic development.
Why access to African law matters
In most African countries, there is no free source of high quality, up-to-date legislation. Millions of Africans do not have access to the laws that govern them.
Access to the law supports human rights and access to justice, and helps businesses and communities to thrive.
Read about our missionLegislation Collections
Our Services
We offer a range of services in support of our mission to improve access to African legal materials.
Case studies
Kenya Law Case Study
The Laws of Kenya department at Kenya Law uses Laws.Africa’s Indigo Legislation Platform to manage, consolidate and publish the Laws of Kenya in digital and print formats.
C4ADS Case Study
C4ADS partnered with Laws.Africa to digitise African gazettes to support the disruption of illicit networks.
SpotOn Case Study
SpotOn uses Laws.Africa's legislation data to provide an on-line compliance management system to enable clients to comply with environmental and health and safety legislation.
Press Release: AU African Governance Architecture Project
Laws.Africa and four partners win a major EU grant to strengthen implementation of the African Union’s democracy and human rights agenda.
Latest articles
Pocket Law: Improving Free Access to Legal Information
26 Nov 2021 by Robley GoriWe've released of a new version of Pocket Law, a desktop application which makes African legal information available offline.
New: Best practices for publishing legislation online
16 Nov 2021 by Greg KempeWe've published our best practices for making online legislation user-friendly.
Laws.Africa joins the Free Access to Law Movement
20 Sep 2021 by Greg KempeWe're now an official member of the global Free Access to Law Movement.
Meet our advisory board: Ndidi Ezenwa
13 Sep 2021 by Greg KempeA brief Q&A with our advisory board member Ndidi Ezenwa.
Our projects
Gazettes.Africa
The largest digital collection of free African Gazettes.
Open By-laws South Africa
Making South Africa's municipal by-laws easy to find, read and share.
Indigo Platform
An open source legislation database and consolidation platform.
Use Laws.Africa content to power your business and research
Use machine-friendly legislation and metadata to build apps and services that make it easier for users to find, work with and understand African legislation.
The Laws.Africa legislation commons is available as structured, machine-friendly Akoma Ntoso XML through the Laws.Africa Content API.
Laws.Africa Content APIFaster, cheaper legislation consolidation
The Indigo Platform is an open source cloud platform that significantly reduces the time and cost of maintaining and consolidating legislation.
Indigo simplifies online and print publishing, record keeping and research by treating legislation as data.
Learn about the Indigo PlatformPartners
