17 November, 2025 Ian Olwana News, Cyber Security, Data Governance, Data Protection Massive Cyberattack Exposes Gaps in Kenya’s Digital Governance Framework Kenya woke up on November 17, 2025 to one of the most widespread disruptions to government online services in recent... Continue Reading
12 November, 2025 Ian Olwana ODPC (KE), Data Governance, Data Protection, News Beyond ‘Legitimate Interest’: Why Liquid Telecom’s Data Defense Failed Under Kenyan Law In a significant ruling by the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC), Liquid Telecommunications Kenya Ltd. was held liable... Continue Reading
2 November, 2025 Ian Olwana News, Technology Meta Partners with Safaricom to Land New Submarine Cable in Kenya Meta has announced a strategic partnership with Safaricom PLC (NSE: SCOM) to bring its second high-capacity submarine cable to Kenya,... Continue Reading
2 November, 2025 Ian Olwana News, Cyber Security, Data Governance, Data Protection, ODPC (KE) Safaricom, M-Tiba, and the Data Breach Allegations: What the Facts Reveal About Data Governance in Kenya In late October 2025, Kenya’s data privacy landscape was thrust into the spotlight after a hacker group known as Kazu... Continue Reading
24 October, 2025 Ian Olwana Uncategorized Safaricom Subscriber Data Leak Case Continues Amid Conflicting Legal Positions A legal dispute involving the alleged leak of subscriber data belonging to over 11.5 million Safaricom customers continues to unfold... Continue Reading
22 October, 2025 Ian Olwana News, Artificial Inteligence, Data Governance, Technology Nvidia’s DGX Spark Ushers in a New Era of Desktop AI Supercomputing When Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang personally delivered one of the first DGX Spark units to Elon Musk at SpaceX’s Starbase... Continue Reading
22 October, 2025 Ian Olwana News, Cyber Security, Data Governance, Technology AWS Outage Exposes Fragility of Global Cloud Infrastructure Monday, October 20, 2025, marked one of the largest global internet disruptions in recent memory, after a massive outage hit... Continue Reading
20 October, 2025 Ian Olwana News, Artificial Inteligence, Data Governance, Intellectual Property Google’s Quiet Update and the Digital Sovereignty Dilemma When Google quietly removed the option to view more than 10 search results per page, it seemed like a small... Continue Reading
20 October, 2025 Ian Olwana News, Intellectual Property When Art Goes Viral: What Collins Okello’s Raila Portrait Teaches Us About Copyright and Digital Respect When Kenyan artist Collins Omondi Okello released his orange-hued portrait of the late Raila Odinga, the image spread like wildfire.... Continue Reading
17 October, 2025 Ian Olwana News, Cyber Security, Data Protection Kenya’s Controversial Computer Misuse Law: Protecting Cyberspace or Policing Dissent? When President William Ruto assented to the amended Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act (CMCA) on Wednesday, October 15, 2025, the... Continue Reading