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Feb 12

In: Blog , Research
By: African Academic Network on Internet Policy
Date: 2020-02-12
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Cyberspace security in Africa – Where do we stand?

Very few African states today have developed a national cybersecurity strategy or have in place cybersecurity and data protection regulations and laws. Yet, the continent has made major headway in developing its digital ecosystem and moreover, it is home to the largest free trade area in the world, ...

Jan 29

In: Publications
By: African Academic Network on Internet Policy
Date: 2020-01-29
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LIFE AFTER DEATH: DATA PROTECTION RIGHTS OF DECEASED PERSONS

By Victoria Oloni Introduction: “The Dead have no rights and can suffer no wrongs” Sir James Stephen 1887 The protection and management of personal data of deceased persons is an open discuss in the world of data protection. The issue of what happens to the personal data of the deceased and indi...

Jan 10

In: Blog
By: African Academic Network on Internet Policy
Date: 2020-01-10
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THE NEED TO MAKE THE INTERNET SAFE(R) FOR WOMEN IN A DIGITAL AGE: A REVIEW OF REVENGE PORNOGRAPHY

By: Favour Borokini INTRODUCTION On the 20th of November 2019, the Nigerian cyberspace was abuzz with the video of what appeared to be two young people having sex[1]. The video itself began with the propping of the smartphone used to film by the male partner with what appeared to be the full consent...

Jan 10

In: Blog
By: African Academic Network on Internet Policy
Date: 2020-01-10
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Cyber insurance in Nigeria: Risk hedging in an increasing threat landscape

By : Ibrahim Tijani and Ridwan Oloyede Cyber attacks are getting more complex, frequent and expensive. According to the Global Risk Report 2019, cyber attack ranked 4th on the global risk landscape. A data breach could result in revenue loss, operational disruption, loss of trust and reputation...

Dec 06

In: Research
By: African Academic Network on Internet Policy
Date: 2019-12-06
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Developing a good data retention framework

By Yomi Ajibade and Ridwan Oloyede Many organizations rely on data that aid their daily operations, because we live in a data-driven world. As a result of this reliance, they must ascertain the data to keep and the ones to delete. This obligation is what necessitates the concept of storage limitatio...

Aug 01

In: Blog
By: African Academic Network on Internet Policy
Date: 2019-08-01
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Blockchain and IP: Exploring The Two Sides Of The Coin

By: Faith Obafemi: Be it in hype or substance, blockchain is a phenomenon everyone is learning to become familiar with as heralding the dawn of the fourth industrial revolution. Beyond the financial services industry, enthusiasts of Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT) are adopting blockchain for v...

Jul 22

In: Blog
By: African Academic Network on Internet Policy
Date: 2019-07-22
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Navigating the tide of anonymity online: building a responsible use of the internet

The internet has evolved to be a decentralised primary place of refuge for many of its growing billions of users. Using this medium, users can be whoever or whatever they want to be and to an extent, exercise a degree of control over their personal information made available to the public. This atti...

Jul 22

In: Blog
By: African Academic Network on Internet Policy
Date: 2019-07-22
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Universal Acceptance – Making New Internet Domains Work for Everyone

Since 2006 the Domain Name System (DNS) has expanded dramatically, not only fueling competition, choice and innovation, but truly enabling a multi-lingual Internet. There are now more than a 1,500 top-level domains (TLDs), many of which are longer than the traditional two- and three character (e.g. ...

May 01

In: Blog
By: African Academic Network on Internet Policy
Date: 2019-05-01
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A PROBE INTO THE EXPENSIVE COST MOBILE DATA NIGERIA?

By Ilamosi Ekenimoh In Data We Trust In the 21st century, data is more than king. It’s more of a totalitarian dictator that controls every aspect of modern life; whether informational data or mobile data. And yet in Nigeria, it is devastating and not uncommon to find both sorely lacking. Informati...

Mar 23

In: Blog
By: Chukwuyere Izuogu
Date: 2019-03-23
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A COMMENTARY ON THE NET-NEUTRALITY PROVISIONS OF THE DRAFT INTERNET INDUSTRY CODE OF PRACTICE

Net-neutrality, the foundation of an open internet seems to be a very topical telecommunications policy issue for several national governments. In the European Union (EU), the European Commission (EC) in April 2019 will present to the European Parliament, its report of a study aimed at collecting in...

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