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64% of Kenyan businesses unaware about privacy laws: Survey

64% of Kenyan businesses unaware about privacy laws: Survey

Only 36 per cent of Kenyan businesses are aware of privacy laws governing their marketing activities, despite Data Protection Act (DPA) being in effect since 2019. The recent survey, conducted by WorldWideWorx and commissioned by global technology company Zoho, also revealed that even though businesses are concerned about the privacy of customer’s data in the […]
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Health Data Privacy And Data Sharing in Africa

Health Data Privacy And Data Sharing in Africa

When it comes to the protection of personal health data in Africa, governments and regions have a clear responsibility to protect their citizens. Especially in the era of rapidly proliferating personal data and nefarious actors wanting to access it. However, this must be balanced against the importance and value of sharing vital health data across […]
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Liquid Cloud announces access to Oracle Cloud via FastConnect

Liquid Cloud announces access to Oracle Cloud via FastConnect

Liquid Cloud has announced it will offer connectivity to Oracle Cloud through Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) FastConnect in South Africa.  The collaboration with Oracle will allow Liquid Cloud customers to access Oracle Cloud through FastConnect using Liquid’s extensive fibre network. In addition to organisations using FastConnect via Liquid CloudConnect as a service, it will also […]
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DataMuse Partners With French Tech Giant Criteo To Drive Commerce

DataMuse Partners With French Tech Giant Criteo To Drive Commerce

DataMuse Thursday announced a partnership with Criteo a commerce media company to enable Africa’s marketers and media owners to drive better commerce outcomes. The audience, media and tech company will become Criteo’s preferred partner making the company’s Commerce Media Platform, a suite of products that activates the world’s largest set of commerce data, available to […]
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Some Common Myths about Data Science

Some Common Myths about Data Science

We read and hear about data science every single day, and they are regularly confused with other words or misunderstood. Data science refers to activities and expertise that add value to data and aid business decisions. Business intelligence is the foundation for company expansion provided by data science. Data scientists must understand what issue or […]
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Data controllers and data processors are now required to register with the Office of Data Protection Commissioner.

Kenya’s data privacy rules take effect

Data controllers and data processors are now required to register with the Office of Data Protection Commissioner in Kenya. The parliamentary committee delegated legislation passing the data laws that a company found in breach of the new data regulations will face fines of up to one per cent of their annual turnover. Fines will require […]
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Tech trends of 2022: Future Innovations that will reshape business in Kenya

As 2021 comes to a close, many businesses are still responding to changes in the business environment brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. The global crisis introduced the necessity to innovate, forcing many to rethink how they communicate with their customers and repackage product and service offerings for the new landscape – one that is […]
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