Africa’s data protection action pushing digital ID forward

Major gains in digital identity policy and the related regulation of data privacy in many African countries provide practical lessons for neighboring nations. These were discussed in a livecast review of two workshops at ID4Africa’s 2023 annual general meeting on Wednesday.

The workshop included perspectives from 17 countries on identity policy and legal reform. They were summarized in a discussion led by Hadiza Ali-Dagabana of Nigeria’s NIMC, and including commentary from Mbawaka Mwakhwawa of Malawi’s NRB, Devendre Gopaul of …

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