Technology - Data Governance Africa

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...

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...

26 March, 2026
Ian Olwana
News, Artificial Inteligence, Data Governance, Technology

Kenya’s AI Policy Is Really a Data Governance Story

Kenya’s emerging artificial intelligence policy is being framed as a technology and innovation strategy. But beneath the surface, it is...

16 March, 2026
Ian Olwana
News, Artificial Inteligence, Data Governance, Technology

Kenya’s Artificial Intelligence Bill 2026: Progress, Gaps, and the Road Ahead

Artificial Intelligence is no longer a futuristic concept. It is already embedded in recruitment platforms, financial services, healthcare diagnostics, media...

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...

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...

19 November, 2025
Ian Olwana
Artificial Inteligence, News, Technology

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...

2 November, 2025
Ian Olwana
News, Technology

Meta Partners with Safaricom to Land New Submarine Cable in Kenya

Meta has announced a strategic partnership with Safaricom PLC (NSE: SCOM) to bring its second high-capacity submarine cable to Kenya,...

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

Nvidia’s DGX Spark Ushers in a New Era of Desktop AI Supercomputing

When Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang personally delivered one of the first DGX Spark units to Elon Musk at SpaceX’s Starbase...

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...