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Nov 02

In: Blog
By: John Walubengo
Date: 2018-11-02
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Algorithm bias and pitfalls : How big data can benefit the economy without imperiling vulnerable groups

A few weeks ago, stakeholders gave their views on the upcoming Data Protection Bill that will be headed to Parliament for debate. In particular, the principles of fairness, transparency, purpose limitation and data minimisation seem to go against the normal practices that big data companies take for...

Oct 21

Whiter the NITDA Data Protection Guidelines 2017?

By: Chukwuyere Ebere Izuogu Towards the end of year 2017, the National Information Technology Agency (NITDA or the Agency) released a draft Data Protection Guidelines 2017 (the Guidelines) and in the first quarter of year 2018 solicited for comments regarding the Guidelines. According to NITDA, the ...

Oct 21

In: Publications
By: African Academic Network on Internet Policy
Date: 2018-10-21
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Data Commoditization in Nigeria: Legal Considerations for Creating a Viable Market for Big Data Transactions

By Chuks Okoriekwe Introduction Dubbed the new oil, consumer data drives global digital economy with new business models developed to leverage data analytics for target marketing. This has resulted in exponential growth for big tech companies, reflected in their market capitalisation or valuations....

Oct 21

In: Publications
By: African Academic Network on Internet Policy
Date: 2018-10-21
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PRIVACY AND SECURITY IN NIGERIA’S HEALTHCARE SECTOR

By Ridwan Oloyede Introduction The increased digitalisation and rise of electronic health records (EHRs) is fast replacing the traditional paper records. In Nigeria, there remains a wide digital divide – health records are still largely recorded and stored in paper form. The adoption of healt...

Sep 14

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By: African Academic Network on Internet Policy .
Date: 2018-09-14
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Data Protection and Privacy Webminar, The Impact of EU’s GDPR on Nigeria’s Digital Economy

Data Protection and Privacy Webinar, The Impact of EU’s GDPR on Nigeria’s Digital Economy. This Webinar was organized by the Internet Society Nigerian Chapter in Collaboration with the African Academic Network on Internet Policy. ...

Sep 14

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By: African Academic Network on Internet Policy .
Date: 2018-09-14
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Panel Session on the State of the Internet in Africa at the first AANOIP Roundtable

Panel Session on the State of the Internet in Africa. Panelist, Prof. Nike Osofisan, Dr. Godfred Frempong,Dr. Moji Olagbegi Dr.Tayo Aduloju, Dr.Temitope Aladesanmi John Walubengo, Dr Ado Dan-Isa and Arthur Gwagwa. ...

Sep 13

In: Publications
By: Krishna Seeburn
Date: 2018-09-13
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The Right To Privacy In A Decade Of Heavy Technology Disruption.

We are living in a world of complete disruption of our living principles on earth. Well, the reality is we are slowly being rid of our rights to privacy. We need to take cognizance that the advances in information communication technology have and is drastically improving the real-time communication...

Sep 06

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By: African Academic Network on Internet Policy .
Date: 2018-09-06
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Data Protection and Privacy Webminar, The Impact of EU’s GDPR on Nigeria’s Digital Economy

Sep 06

In: Blog , YouTube videos
By: African Academic Network on Internet Policy .
Date: 2018-09-06
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Arthur Gwagwa, Tosyn Bucknor and Prof. Funmi Arewa contributes to IP issues

Arthur Gwagwa, Tosyn Bucknor and Prof. Olufunmi Arewa contributes to issues on IP, Utility Model, Safe Harbor, Take Down Procedures. ( AANOIP.org )...

Sep 06

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By: African Academic Network on Internet Policy .
Date: 2018-09-06
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Machine Learning The Event Horizon To Making People/Business Life Easier? Or Is It Not?

A few decades ago AI (Artificial Intelligence) came out as the buzz talk and we had all sorts of cartoons and movies showing how much things were going to change. The issue was that we were at the very start of what is possible today and the decades to come. Our, lives will take a […]...

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