Cyber Security - Data Governance Africa

10 August, 2026
Ian Olwana
Data Governance, Cyber Security, News

Your Fingerprint Is Not a Password: The Hidden Cybersecurity Risk of Biometric Convenience

What happens when your fingerprint becomes your password? Imagine this. You are sitting in traffic in Nairobi. Your phone is...

14 July, 2026
Ian Olwana
Data Protection, Cyber Security, Data Governance, News

EAC Approves Regional Framework for Trusted Cross-Border Data Flows: A Defining Moment for East Africa’s Digital Economy

The East African Community (EAC) has taken a significant step towards building a more integrated and trusted digital economy following...

10 February, 2026
Ian Olwana
News, Cyber Security, Technology

Google Phasing Out Gmailify and POP Email Fetching: What It Means for Users

Google has announced major changes to how Gmail interacts with third-party email accounts such as Outlook, Yahoo, and iCloud. The...

18 November, 2025
Ian Olwana
News, Cyber Security, Data Governance

Cloudflare Outage Highlights Africa’s Opportunity to Build Local Digital Solutions

On Tuesday, November 18, 2025, a global internet outage disrupted access to numerous websites, including X (formerly Twitter) and OpenAI,...

18 November, 2025
Ian Olwana
News, Artificial Inteligence, Cyber Security, Data Governance, Data Protection

Kenya Convenes Inception Workshop to Kickstart Development of National AI Policy

Kenya has formally begun the journey toward establishing a National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy, following a high-level inception workshop held...

18 November, 2025
Ian Olwana
News, Cyber Security, Data Governance, Data Protection

Somalia E Visa Cybersecurity Breach Exposes Sensitive Data of Over 35,000 Applicants

Somalia is facing one of the most significant digital security crises reported in Africa this year after a major breach...

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...

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...

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...

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...