{"id":18406,"date":"2026-05-06T12:45:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T12:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/?p=18406"},"modified":"2026-05-10T19:51:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T19:51:17","slug":"afsa-strengthens-global-arbitration-ties-at-jaw-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/afsa-strengthens-global-arbitration-ties-at-jaw-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"AFSA strengthens global arbitration ties at JAW 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong><em>6 May 2026<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The second day of Johannesburg Arbitration Week (JAW) 2026 delivered a packed programme of high-level discussions, strategic partnerships, and thought-provoking debates on the future of international arbitration.The day opened with an exclusive Women in Arbitration breakfast hosted by the Arbitration Foundation of Southern Africa (AFSA), aimed at fostering networking and advancing gender diversity in a field where women remain underrepresented.<\/p>\n<p>The conference continued with high-stakes discussions positioning Africa as a resilient hub for international arbitration amid geopolitical turbulence and technological disruption.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJAW 2026 is proving Africa\u2019s arbitration ecosystem is not just adapting to global uncertainty, it\u2019s leading it,\u201d said Prof <strong>Lise Bosman<\/strong>, AFSA Court President and Executive Director of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA).<\/p>\n<p>The first session, \u201cLeveraging Opportunities in Times of Uncertainty\u201d, dissected Africa\u2019s legislative modernisation, Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs), and increasingly supportive judicial enforcement. Moderator <strong>Clement Mkiva<\/strong>, Co-Head of Litigation at Bowmans, led panellists <strong>Gerhard Rudolph<\/strong>, <strong>Jonathan Barnes<\/strong>, <strong>John Kawana, Brian Mambosho<\/strong>, and <strong>Akshav Mossuddee<\/strong>\u00a0in highlighting how proactive reforms are attracting foreign direct investment. \u201cAfrica\u2019s BIT evolution is unlocking investment flows despite headwinds,\u201d said Barnes.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Click <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/us.list-manage.com\/2WWNhDWDq_v?e=e2571705de&amp;c2id=8f99eb016f88831788c876b39ec7396f\" data-outlook-id=\"bca37705-11c1-401a-9e3a-73289c2d5714\">here<\/a><strong>\u00a0to download\u00a0the article in a Word document format.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>6 May 2026 \u2013 The second day of Johannesburg Arbitration Week (JAW) 2026 delivered a packed programme of high-level discussions, strategic partnerships, and thought-provoking debates on the future of international arbitration.The day opened with an exclusive Women in Arbitration breakfast hosted by the Arbitration Foundation of Southern Africa (AFSA), aimed at fostering networking and advancing gender diversity in a field where women remain underrepresented.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18407,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[97,60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afsa","category-press-releases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18406"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18408,"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18406\/revisions\/18408"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}