Prime Comment #48

G2G Contracting and the Cost of Unequal Competition

The Telecom and IT sector, for nearly two decades, has been one of the few genuine private sector success stories. Companies invested in infrastructure, built networks, and created jobs with relatively little state interference. However, this trajectory began to shift after the federal government, in 2021, inserted clause 42(f) into the Public Procurement Rules 2004 through SRO 834(I)/2021, allowing government...