The Authority has been assessing mergers and acquisitions; and making determinations pertaining to mergers and acquisitions since November 2011. The merger assessment provisions are contained under Part X of the Competition Act (Cap 46:09). The Authority’s mandate with regards to the assessment of mergers and acquisitions does not end at the stage of issuing a decision but extends to the post-decision stage through conducting compliance monitoring and post-merger impact assessments. The post-merger impact assessments are intended to establish the market effects of the decisions taken by the Authority. The post-merger assessments provide an opportunity to check whether the conditions/remedies imposed were sound, given the information available at the time; and if the assumptions on which the conditions were made were sensible. The following seven (7) transactions are a summary of the cases that were assessed during the 2015/16 and 2016/17 Post-merger Impact Assessments. Name of transaction 1. Merger between G4S (Botswana) Limited and Trojan Security Services (Pty) Ltd (Hotline Security Services (Pty) Ltd and Cyber Space Age (Pty) Ltd), as well as the merger between G4S (Botswana) Limited and Shield Security In November 2011, the Authority received a notification, for the proposed acquisitions by G4S (Botswana) Limited (“G4S”), of Trojan…