Dr Toluwani Ajayi

Research project: ECOWAS Legal Frameworks on Integration, Competition and Enforcement of Consumer Rights: A Critical Assessment and Proposals for Improvements

Abstract

The scope and purpose of this study is to examine ECOWAS legal frameworks in relation competition and enforcement consumer rights. This study will also contribute to knowledge of competition and consumer rights law in West Africa looking national and regional protocols, legislations, texts, and court judgments.

  • Research degree: PhD
  • Title of project: ECOWAS Legal Frameworks on Integration, Competition and Enforcement of Consumer Rights: A Critical Assessment and Proposals for Improvements

Biography

Law lecturer at the Faculty of Business and Social Science between 2016 and 2021.

Areas of research interest

  • Comparative Consumer Rights Laws (Africa -EU).
  • Environmental laws and Sustainable Consumption in Africa.
  • African Competition Law and Digital Markets: Emerging Concepts in African Fintech Law, Legal limits and ethical justifications for use of Data, Algorithms/ AI, in Commercial Transactions.
  • International Education Law: Global North-South dichotomy on Education Access, Development and the use of AI in African Educational Systems.

Qualifications

  • MPhil/PhD Kingston University
  • LLM University of East London
  • LLB(Hons) Northumbria University Newcastle

Publications

1. Toluwani Ajayi  "The Evolution of Nigerian Banking System, Supervision and Current Challenges. Development Economics; Macro economic Issues in Developing Economies eJournal Vol 2, Issue 73, July 16, 2013, Economic Growth; SSRN eJournal, Vol 5, Issue 67, July 22.

2. Ajayi, Toluwani, Effects of Sharia Law on Consumer Rights in West Africa (January 2, 2023). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4316304 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4316304.

Conference papers

"Assessing Common External Tariff within ECOWAS market as Legal Paradigm for Consumer Protection": Kingston / Gothenburg PhD Conference/Workshop 5 March 2020