Tag: Data Governance

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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Protecting Kids Online: What the $942 Million Meta Verdict Means for Parents

19 August, 2026
Ian Olwana
Data Protection, Cyber Security, News

Protecting Kids Online: What the $942 Million Meta Verdict Means for Parents

Protecting Kids Online: A Parent’s Guide to the Post-$942 Million Verdict Era | Data Governance Africa The internet has become...

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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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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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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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