Significant matters

Megan forms part of the team which:

• Advises and prepares merger filings across African countries and regional agencies;
• Represents several multinational clients in relation to leniency applications before the South African Competition Commission; and
• Assists a FMCG company in an appeal against the appointment of assignees in terms of the Agricultural Products Standards Act.

Articles

Megan is a regular contributor to AfricanAntitrust.com, a leading source for competition developments across Africa. Megan has also been featured in Competition Policy International. Recent articles or contributions that have been republished on Concurrences e-Competition Bulletin or the Competition Policy International blog, include:

• Game On for Regional Merger Control: EACCA to Start Receiving Merger Notifications from November 2025
• Safeguarding Market Integrity and Consumer Welfare: Reflections on the CCC’s 2024 Annual Report 
• Mergers, Markets & a New Mandate: Zimbabwe’s Competition Regulator in Conversation with Primerio
• New Book Alert: “Regulating for Rivalry The Development of Competition Regimes in Africa”
• Eswatini’s new chief antitrust enforcer hails from COMESA body
• In Conversation with African Antitrust Agencies: Nigeria.
• South Africa’s New Cabinet Under the GNU: A Shift Towards Business-Friendly Policies?

Papers

• Oxenham, J., Stargard, A., Torres, S., and Friday, M. 2024. Semper Aliquid Novi Africam Adferre – Balancing Socio-Economic Goals with Competition Law. Competition Policy International.
• Oxenham, J., Friday, M., and Eveleigh, J. 2024. The Role and Efficiency of Retail Market Inquiries and Abuse of Buyer Power Prohibitions in Kenya and South Africa. Centre for Competition Regulation and Economic Development.
• Friday, M. (2023). Mergers and Acquisitions between online automobile-marketplace platforms: Responses by competition authorities in South Africa, Australia, and the United Kingdom. AJIC 32(1).

Conferences

• CCRED, 9th Annual Competition and Economic Regulation Week in conjunction with the Competition Authority of Kenya, in Kenya, October 2024.
• ERSA, Competition Policy and Regulation in Digital Markets Workshop, October 2022.
• CCRED, 7th Annual Competition and Economic Regulation Week in Malawi, September 2022.

Qualifications

• Master of Commerce in Economics (University of Stellenbosch), 2021.
• Honours Bachelors of Commerce in Economics (University of Stellenbosch), 2020.
• Bachelors of Commerce in Law (University of Stellenbosch), 2018.

Experience

• Primerio International (Economic Adviser) March 2024 – Present.
• Acacia Economics (Junior Economist) January 2022 – February 2024.
• Dischem Pharmacies (Masterdata Analyst) July 2021 – January 2021.
• FTI Consulting (Intern Economist) November 2020 – May 2021.