The state of data privacy and protection in Africa
BIRD STORY AGENCY WITH nearly 600 million people across Africa using the internet today, African countries are increasingly recognising the need to legislate and invest in, data and privacy protection. Internet Society, a non-profit advocacy organisation, estimates that more than 17 African countries have enacted comprehensive personal data protection legislation. Additionally, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, 33 countries had some form of legislation that guaranteed data and privacy protection as of 2021. Speaking at the 2023 Global Data Privacy Week in Abuja, Nigeria's Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, said the Nigeria Data…