Introduction South Africa has witnessed numerous, significant data breaches.[1] A notable instance was when the servers of one of South Africa’s best known real estate companies was breached and the personal data of 31.6 million persons, including that of the President and the Finance Minister, was put at risk.[2] The information included ID numbers, age,Read more
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Introduction Kenya enacted the Data Protection Act, 2019 (hereinafter, the “Act”) in November 2019.[1] It is a comprehensive statute that governs the collection, processing and storage of personal data by government and private actors. It establishes an ecosystem of rights and obligations that operationalises the right to privacy enshrined in the Kenyan Constitution. The immediateRead more
Nigeria enjoys a diversified banking sector where the universal banking model followed by its largest banks is complemented by the development of merchant banks, mobile payments, microfinance, and mobile money agents, all driven by the goal of financial inclusion. Financial inclusion, or access to financial products in the formal sector (savings accounts, pension schemes, insuranceRead more
Access to telecommunication networks has acquired a distinct strategic lilt in modern conflicts. It is unsurprising, therefore, that the Libyan civil war beginning in 2011 had a marked adverse impact on the country’s digital and communications networks. Communications networks between the rebel-held eastern territories of Libya and the then Gaddafi-controlled west were repeatedly severed, withRead more