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Explore Africa's data protection landscape with our comprehensive land ever expanding library documenting legislation, incidents, decisions, and knowledge related to data protection.
DataHub is your go-to resource for finding and sharing insights on data protection in Africa. We curate and summarize laws, regulatory decisions, and resources from data protection authorities and courts across the continent.
Join 900+ active users and 24,000+ exploring the most comprehensive repository of African data protection legislation, regulatory decisions (including AI), insights and analysis.
The goal is to provide a clear overview of key decisions, fostering informed discussions on interpreting crucial data protection issues in Africa. Our database is continuously expanding as we extend our reach to more African countries.
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Brian Anyona Mogoi vs. Match Ventures Ltd — ODPC Complaint No. 1331 of 2025
In the Suo Moto Investigation No. ODPC/SM/0010/2025 — Capital Sacco Limited
Caroline Wanjiku Kioni vs. The Nairobi Hospital — ODPC Complaint No. 1147 of 2025
Winnie Nyakerario Charles vs. China Square Kenya Kisumu Branch — ODPC Complaint No. 0688 of 2025
Chrispus Hedrick Namuye vs. Bliss Park Hotel — ODPC Complaint No. 0778 of 2025
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Weekly Newsletters
DataHub Weekly — Issue 002 of 2026
DataHub Weekly — Issue 003 of 2026
DataHub Weekly — Issue 004 of 2026
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DATAHUB is shortlisted for Most Impactful Data Privacy Product at the PICCASO Awards Africa 2025
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Information on health data laws (including digital health) and relevant determinations, formerly listed as separate categories, has now been integrated into the Country Databases.
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One Topic. Many Legal Realities
See how countries treat the issues that matter most in day-to-day compliance - from data transfers and marketing rules to sensitive data and core legal definitions → Explore Country Summaries
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The Cases Defining Data Protection
Discover how courts and regulators are interpreting privacy laws → Explore the Jurisprudence Tracker
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Enforcement activity
Explore the Fines Tracker page for fines amounts → Explore the Fines Tracker
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Hello, I'm Margaret,
I founded DataHub to solve a problem I kept encountering: how do you stay current with data protection enforcement across an entire continent? Today, DataHub serves over 900 active users - legal professionals, DPOs, and policymakers - across 39 African jurisdictions with structured updates, analysis, and the continent's most comprehensive research archive for data protection.
But building DataHub revealed something crucial: enforcement patterns tell the real story of compliance. Every ODPC determination, every High Court ruling, every regulatory action contains lessons that cannot be found in the statute alone. That's why I wrote **Case Digest - Interpretation & Application of the Data Protection Act, 2019 in Kenya.** This book represents two years of analyzing Kenya's data protection enforcement, 59 cases spanning digital lending, image rights, CRB disclosures, biometric data, and children's privacy. It's the kind of resource I wished existed when I started: comprehensive, thematic, and practical.
Every case cross-referenced with DPA sections. Every principle mapped to real-world application. Every compliance lesson decoded. My background spans advisory, operations, and executive roles, and I've seen too many organizations learn compliance the hard way, through enforcement action. This book ensures you do not have to.
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