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Litigating privacy: How African courts are defining data governance

Cape Town Skyline At Cape Town In Western Cape South Africa.
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From Meta’s legal challenges in Nigeria to judicial interventions in Kenya and South Africa, courts are increasingly at the forefront of interpreting digital rights. 

As data protection regimes take root across Africa, a new phase of legal development is quietly emerging. And courts are playing an increasingly central role in defining the scope, meaning, and enforceability of digital rights.

As more African countries solidify their data protection frameworks and national regulatory authorities are gradually