Percy Sibanda takes on African Cosmetic Regulation, unravelling a tapestry of legal, scientific and creative African beauty innovation within a global cosmetic regulatory context.

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Despite being alive with possibility and one of the most magical places to be, Africa with its vastness, mysticism, ancient tapestries, multitude of diverse cultures, and modern dynamism and innovation remains an enigma to most players in the global cosmetic industry.

This is specifically clear where understanding cosmetic regulations that govern market access for beauty products in Africa is concerned. From South, East, West and Central Africa this presentation will touch on the legalities and science behind African cosmetic regulations that control the very soon to be liberalised beauty markets of Africa, through the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area Treaty (AfCFTA).

A topline view of differences and commonalities in African cosmetic regulatory systems around key topics such as the legal definition of a cosmetic, legal obligations of actors in a cosmetic supply chain, product safety requirements, ingredient restrictions, advertising and claims, Sustainability, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Free Movement of Products, Product registration vs. Notification/Listing, Standardisation, Trace Impurities, Nanomaterials, product labelling requirements, in market vs pre-market control, Cosmetovigilance, Adverse Event Management and key competent authorities will be discussed and juxtapositioned against other global regulatory systems and their approaches to these topics.

If you can’t make these times register anyway and we will send you a recording of the webinar.

TIMES
Wednesday 7 August
8h West Coast USA • 9h Mexico City • 10h Chicago / Bogotá • 11h East Coast USA • 12h São Paulo • 16h London / West Africa • 17h Central Europe / Central & South Africa • 18h Tel Aviv / East Africa • 20:30h New Delhi • 23h Singapore / HK / China / Taipei • 0h Japan / Korea​​​​​​​
Thursday 8 August
1h Melbourne • 3h Wellington

BIOGRAPHY
Percy Sibanda is a Cosmetic Chemist and a Corporate & Private Law graduate. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree with Honours in Applied Chemistry, a Bachelor of Commerce in Law Degree (with distinction) and a Diploma in Cosmetic Science.

He has worked in the cosmetic industry for more than 17 years, holding various roles in contract manufacturing, trade association regulatory, policy advisory and advocacy. Currently, he is with the L’Oréal Group where he has been the Scientific & Regulatory Affairs Advisor for Sub-Saharan Africa for the past 12 years, with a focus on regulatory intelligence.

Percy represents the L’Oréal Group on multiple stakeholder platforms, some of which he leads, ranging from national and regional standards bodies where he is the National Chairperson of SABS TC 217 – Cosmetics, various professional and trade association committees, advocacy and non-governmental organisations (NGO) group engagement platforms as well as government stakeholder engagement platforms on regulatory policy development impacting trade in cosmetics, chemicals management, and standardisation.

He is a passionate speaker at South African cosmetic industry events on his two vocations – science and law, in particular the confluence of legal ethics and scientific innovation, out of which ethical innovation is borne. Percy also enjoys writing opinion pieces on these two subjects in relation to the cosmetic industry.