Category: Data Governance

The Architects of the Attention Economy Won't Let Their Kids Near It

26 August, 2026
Ian Olwana
News, Child Online Safety, Data Governance

The Architects of the Attention Economy Won’t Let Their Kids Near It

Why Tech Executives Restrict Their Own Children’s Screen Time From Silicon Valley boardrooms to family dinner tables, a striking pattern...

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Africa’s Digital Education Race: Are We Digitising Learning, or Digitising Distraction?

26 August, 2026
Ian Olwana
News, Data Governance, Technology

Africa’s Digital Education Race: Are We Digitising Learning, or Digitising Distraction?

Africa’s EdTech Race: Learning or Just Distraction? When the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation convened its January...

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Kenya–US Digital Economy Ties: Why AI, Data Governance and Skills Must Move Together

25 August, 2026
Ian Olwana
News, Artificial Inteligence, Data Governance, Technology

Kenya–US Digital Economy Ties: Why AI, Data Governance and Skills Must Move Together

Kenya Deepens US Ties on AI, Digital Skills and Data Governance | Data Governance Africa Kenya is deepening its engagement...

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Fake Musk, Real Losses: Deepfake Ads Linked to $61.5M in South African Investor Losses in Banxso Scandal

24 August, 2026
Ian Olwana
News, Artificial Inteligence, Data Governance, Intellectual Property

Fake Musk, Real Losses: Deepfake Ads Linked to $61.5M in South African Investor Losses in Banxso Scandal

Deepfakes, Data and the Banxso Scandal: A Data Governance Reading of AI-Enabled Financial Fraud | Data Governance Africa Artificial intelligence...

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Data Scarcity and the Scramble for Sovereign Knowledge: Lessons from the Las Vegas Book Shredders

24 August, 2026
Ian Olwana
News, Artificial Inteligence, Data Governance, Intellectual Property

Data Scarcity and the Scramble for Sovereign Knowledge: Lessons from the Las Vegas Book Shredders

From Library to Dataset: What the Las Vegas Book-Scanning Story Means for African Knowledge Governance | Data Governance Africa A...

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EAC Moves to Operationalise Cross-Border Payments: Building the Infrastructure for a Single Digital Market

24 August, 2026
Ian Olwana
Data Governance, Regional Integration

EAC Moves to Operationalise Cross-Border Payments: Building the Infrastructure for a Single Digital Market

EAC Moves to Operationalise Cross-Border Payments: Building the Infrastructure for a Single Digital Market | Data Governance Africa The East...

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19 August, 2026
Ian Olwana
Expert Dialogue, Cyber Security, Data Governance, Data Protection

Privacy by Design in Government Digital Services: Moving Beyond Compliance to Better Public Services

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The Hidden Cybersecurity Risk of Biometric Convenience

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...

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

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...

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9 July, 2026
Ian Olwana
Expert Dialogue, Data Governance

KRA and DPGSK Examine the Balance Between Tax Collection and Privacy in the Digital Age

Setting the Stage The Data Privacy and Governance Society of Kenya (DPGSK), in partnership with the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA),...

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