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7 Oct 2022
Mitigating data breach costs
IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report 2022 offers IT, risk management and security leaders a lens into factors that can increase or help mitigate the rising cost of data breaches. It is a global report...
16 Sep 2022
FinTech in Africa Part 2: Current gains and forecast evolution in new countries
According to a McKinsey report, the African financial market which includes both fintech and formal banking was valued at $150 billion as of 2020. The evolution of the market is projected to be center...
2 Sep 2022
Will ICT play an increasingly important role in Kenya’s election?
The hearing of the presidential election petition this week have had the ICT systems used in the election process under the microscope and have proven that the systems are essential to achieving a cre...
2 Sep 2022
Fintech in Africa (Part 1): African tech boom is more than a buzz; future is bright
The financial industry has benefited greatly from the buzz surrounding the African tech boom, with reports of African fintech businesses raising money becoming commonplace in tech media. It accurately...
26 Aug 2022
Harmonising Africa’s regulatory for the realisation of an African data economy
In Part III of our series “Dissecting the African Union Data Policy Framework”, we will cover the key considerations in aligning a country’s regulatory context with the requirements of an Africa...
12 Aug 2022
What will cross border transfers on the African continent look like under the AU Data Policy Framework?
For digital trade to occur, data has to be moved across borders. While data accumulation can be a safe and secure way to manage data, hoarding data without means to use, exchange, or repurpose in a sa...
12 Aug 2022
Safeguarding ICT customers through Consumer Protection Guidelines and Customer Care standards
Kenya’s ICT regulator, Communications Authority, has released guidelines to clarify how the Authority expects licensed service providers to respect and protect ICT consumers’ rights and encourage ...
5 Aug 2022
The AU Data Policy Framework: Africa’s solution to data emancipation?
The data policy framework for African countries seeks to maximise the benefits of a data-driven economy by creating an enabling policy environment for private and public investments necessary to suppo...
29 Jul 2022
Council for Responsible Social Media: Walking a tightrope to regulate social platforms
The Council for Responsible Social Media is a recently established non-partisan and voluntary group that consists of five members from civil society organisations, data and technology, peace and secur...
22 Jul 2022
Digital transformation: Overview of a study on Kenya’s digital readiness
Kenya ranked 116th out of 193 countries in the UN E-Government Development Index 2020 and has been on a steady journey towards embodying full digital transformation. In light of the advancements...
8 Jul 2022
IPv4 to IPv6 Migration: Why the future of the internet depends on it
Internet Protocol (IP) addresses are critical for connection to the Internet because they represent the numbers that uniquely identify devices connected to the Internet. Every device connected to the ...
17 Jun 2022
Hope for digital stakeholders after launch of DCI forensic lab to combat cybercrimes
The war against cybercrime in Kenya went a notch higher following an initiative by the government to curb the surge in the vice. During the launch of a new DCI national forensic laboratory in Na...
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