Seven years in the making, Kenya's newly passed Data Protection Act, 2019 looks set to protect individuals' privacy and regulate the processing of personal data. This statement was originally ...

Opinion - Operationalising the Health Cooperation Framework between the Government of Kenya and the United States -- in full compliance with Kenya's data protection architecture, including the Data ...

On November 8, 2019, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta ascended the 2019 Data Protection Bill into law. Kenya now joins 25 out of 54 African countries that have so far implemented laws on personal data ...

The Act, whose comprehensive legislation borrows heavily from the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), seeks to create an institutional framework and legal guidelines for ...

The five-year agreement, signed between the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Kenya’s Prime Cabinet Secretary and Foreign ...

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 ...

Kenya just took a big step towards its tech development. On November 8th Kenyan president, Uhuru Kenyatta approved a data protection law that complies with European Union legal standards. This will ...

Caleb Kibet does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

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 ...

The Ministry of Health has assured Kenyans that it will present comprehensive evidence in court to defend the legality and safety of the Kenya-US Health Cooperation Framework, after the High Court ...

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