Data Governance

Digital Sovereignty: Why the European Union Is Shifting From Regulator to Technology Builder

10 February, 2026
Ian Olwana
News, Data Governance

Digital Sovereignty: Why the European Union Is Shifting From Regulator to Technology Builder

For over a decade, the European Union (EU) has been widely recognized as the world’s regulatory superpower. Through landmark frameworks...

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Kenyan Activists Seek Court Oversight on High-Risk AI Deployment

9 February, 2026
Ian Olwana
News, Artificial Inteligence, Data Governance, Data Protection, Technology

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...

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

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,...

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From Tokens to Trust: Data Governance Lessons from Kenya’s Virtual Asset Law

15 October, 2025
Ian Olwana
News, Data Governance, Technology

From Tokens to Trust: Data Governance Lessons from Kenya’s Virtual Asset Law

When Kenya’s National Assembly passed the Virtual Asset Service Providers Bill, 2025, it did more than introduce crypto regulation. It...

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Kenyan Leadership Walks the Talk on Digital Transformation and AI

14 October, 2025
Ian Olwana
News, Artificial Inteligence, Data Governance, Technology

Kenyan Leadership Walks the Talk on Digital Transformation and AI

Kenya’s leadership is sending a clear message: digital transformation is not just policy; it is practice. In a bold and...

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AI on The Bench: Why Kenya’s AI Legal Flub Is a Chance to Set a Global Standard

13 October, 2025
Ian Olwana
News, Artificial Inteligence, Data Governance

AI on The Bench: Why Kenya’s AI Legal Flub Is a Chance to Set a Global Standard

When we published AI in the Dock: Africa’s Judiciary Charts a Digital Future, we argued that the continent’s courts are...

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Kenya’s Iris Dilemma: The Ballot Meets the Biometric Age

9 October, 2025
Ian Olwana
News, Cyber Security, Data Governance, Data Protection

Kenya’s Iris Dilemma: The Ballot Meets the Biometric Age

When the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) launched its Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise, it was meant to mark...

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Facebook’s $725 Million Payout: A Landmark Moment for Accountability

6 October, 2025
Ian Olwana
News, Data Governance, Data Protection

Facebook’s $725 Million Payout: A Landmark Moment for Accountability

When news broke that Facebook’s parent company, Meta, had reached a record settlement over privacy violations, many took it as...

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Kenya Embarks on National Data Governance Policy Formulation

15 September, 2025
Ian Olwana
News, Data Governance

Kenya Embarks on National Data Governance Policy Formulation

The Government of Kenya has officially launched the process of drafting its first National Data Governance Policy, a milestone initiative...

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19 August, 2025
Ian Olwana
Expert Dialogue, Learning, ODPC (KE)

Key Insights on Data Protection Compliance in Kenya

Town Hall Meeting Summary: DPGSK & ODPParticipants: 1. Introductions & Opening Remarks 2. Key Topics & ODPC Responses A. ODPC...

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