The Second Africa Data Security Conclave (ADSC) has held, riding off on the success of the premier conference held last October which received great acceptance from the public and had in attendance over 500 participants across Africa.
The theme of the session was: “Data Security Considerations for a Continental Free Trade Area: The Challenges and Prospects”. It was the offshoot of the first ADSC virtual conference, designed to bring together the leading African nations in data protection and cybersecurity.
The conference is structured along four lines, emergence and implementation of uniform framework for personal data security in Africa: Recommendations from the First Africa Data Protection Conclave. The enforcement of data protection measures in AfCFTA member states – compliance levels, issues arising and enforcement strategies.
The Africa Continental Free Trade Area and cross-border Personal Data transfer: Impacts, implementation and Challenges. Data Protection and Cyber Security in the Growing Digital Economy across Africa
The conference was sponsored by 21Search Limited, Taxaide Technologies Limited (Taxtech), NDP Academy, Taxaide Professional Services Limited, Anaje Olumide Oke and Akinkugbe (AO2LAW) and supported by some brands and organisations. It paraded over 15 speakers from Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, Tanzania, Uganda, among others.
They were Aissatou Sylla, Senior Associate, Hogan Lovells, Louis Yaw Afful, Group Executive Director, African Continental Free Trade (AfCFTA Policy Network Ghana, Oyeyemi Oke, Executive Director, Taxaide Technologies Ltd/Partner, AO2LAW (Nigeria), Bidemi Olumide, CEO, Taxaide Technologies Limited/Partner, and AO2LAW (Nigeria), among others.