Kenya is once again putting data at the center of its digital transformation story. This week, the government officially launched the drafting process of the ...

Data fuels modern finance from customer onboarding and credit scoring, to fraud prevention and risk management. For consumers ...

This content has been selected, created and edited by the Finextra editorial team based upon its relevance and interest to our community. The regulation builds on Kenya’s 2019 Data Protection Act, and ...

Startups processing personal data in Kenya are among the entities required to register with the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC), as the East African country implements a law ...

Kenya had the opportunity to take notes while observing the western countries grapple with issues on data protection, but that did not happen. Kenya, like most African countries, borrows a lot from ...

A police officer admitted in court that a mobile service provider shared the personal information of a Moi University student ...

Kenya: Kenya’s increasing reliance on smartphones and tablets is fuelling demand for security solutions, which has seen cybersecurity firms jostle for a piece of the market. This comes after a series ...

The Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) recently issued a 21-day ultimatum to banks, insurers, pension firms, and ...

In an era where data breaches and privacy violations are becoming increasingly commonplace, the importance of stringent data protection measures in the banking sector cannot be overstated. Man ...

Kenyan banks have lost more than Ksh1.5 billion to hackers in cyber and technology-related fraud, according to the Central ...

EC-Council, leaders in information security training and education in conjunction with SIMOS Consultancy Services launched a network security product to deter hackers' from infiltrating information ...