Kenyan Activists Seek Court Oversight on High-Risk AI Deployment
In early February 2026, Kenyan civil society actors moved to court in a landmark effort to subject the deployment of...
The UN AI Scientific Panel and the Quiet Politics of Who Gets a Seat at the Table
The United Nations has taken a decisive step in global AI governance with the announcement of the Independent International Scientific...
Kenya’s Halted US Health Pact Signals a New Battlefront: Data Sovereignty over Dollars
Kenya’s High Court decision to temporarily suspend aspects of the Kenya-US Health Cooperation Framework is not a rejection of international...
ODPC Registration in Kenya: Understanding Exemptions and Mandatory Requirements
The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) has made registration a central compliance requirement for any organization that handles...
Cross-Border Enforcement Strengthens as ODPC Rules in Aaditi Rajput v DTB Kenya and DTB Uganda
Kenya’s Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) has issued a landmark final determination in the case of Aaditi Rajput...
High Court Halts KBC Facial Biometric System in Landmark Data Protection Ruling
Kenya has recorded another major judicial milestone in the enforcement of digital rights and data protection. The High Court in...
Jeff Bezos’s Project Prometheus and the African AI Funding Gap
Jeff Bezos is back in the operational driver’s seat. His latest venture, Project Prometheus, is an ambitious AI startup with...
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,...
Kenya’s Communications Authority Clarifies New SIM Registration Rules Amid Biometric Data Concerns
The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has addressed recent public concerns over the collection of biometric data during SIM card...
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...