by David Indeje | Dec 19, 2022 | Digital Economy, Highlights, kictanet post, Privacy
By John Walubengo As per the Kenya Kwanza “Plan,” President William Ruto launched the Hustler Fund, and millions of Kenyans have been onboarded and borrowed over 8 billion shillings so far. The Hustler Fund is a savings and loan digital product that allows...
by David Indeje | Nov 23, 2022 | Highlights, kictanet post, Privacy
By John Walubengo It has been three years since the Kenyan Data Protection Act was enacted in November 2019 and two years since the first Data Commissioner was appointed and sworn into the Office of the Data Protection Commission. A lot has taken place over this...
by David Indeje | Oct 27, 2022 | Cyber-bullying, GIZ women, Highlights, kictanet post, Privacy
By Florence Ouma KICTANet is hosting a Training of Trainers on Women’s Data Protection and Privacy from Oct 26- 27. This training workshop is a partnership with the Digital Transformation Centre Kenya, German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), and the EU...
by David Indeje | Oct 18, 2022 | Highlights, kictanet post, Privacy
By John Walibengo. The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) recently made a move against the mobile Digital lenders who were reported to have abused personal data. That sent the strongest signal yet, that the Kenyan Data Commissioner, the privacy...
by David Indeje | Sep 15, 2022 | 2022elections, Highlights, Privacy
By Meshack Masibo One unique thing about the 2022 elections was that it was the first election conducted after the adoption of the Data Protection Act, 2019. The Act, together with its regulations, has revolutionized how different bodies collect and process personal...
by Victor K | Sep 6, 2022 | Highlights, Human Rights, Privacy
On the 17-18 August 2022, KICTANet participated in the 13th Seminar on Privacy and Data Protection organised by Data Privacy Brazil in São Paulo, Brazil. The participants in the in-person edition included national and international experts, such as government...
