Presentations

Apr 19

In: Blog , Policy Briefs , Publications
By: African Academic Network on Internet Policy
Date: 2021-04-19
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Empowering Authors in Nigeria via Fairer Copyright Contract Law: Authors’ Activism

By: Seun Lari-Williams “A day will come, when, in the eye of the law, literary property will be as sacred as whiskey, or any other of the necessaries of life.” — Mark Twain, speech in Montreal, Quebec, 1881. The world has come a long way since Mark Twain and others like him lobbied for intelle...

Mar 25

In: Blog , Policy Briefs
By: African Academic Network on Internet Policy
Date: 2021-03-25
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Five Data Protection Issues in CBN’s Regulatory Framework for Open Banking

By: Chukwuyere Ebere Izuogu On 17 February 2021, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) issued the Regulatory Framework for Open Banking in Nigeria (the Open Banking Framework). One of the objectives of the Open Banking Framework is promote competition in banking and other financial services and e...

Dec 17

In: Blog
By: African Academic Network on Internet Policy
Date: 2020-12-17
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LOSS OF PRIVACY RESULTING FROM AN ABUSIVE EXERCISE OF MARKET POWER IN THE US FACEBOOK COMPLAINT

By: Chukwuyere Ebere Izuogu On 9 December 2020, two separate complaints were filed in the US against Facebook, the largest social media networking service in the world. In one case, the Attorney General of the State of New-York and Attorneys General of forty-seven other states in the US alleged amon...

Dec 03

In: Blog
By: African Academic Network on Internet Policy
Date: 2020-12-03
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Keeping Up with the Dynamics: How has Nigeria fared in Data Protection so far?

By Musa Omayi Sandra : Let’s begin with a story. Oyiza downloads ‘BEAB’, a period tracking application from her phones Google Play store, because she finally got tired of her period coming unannounced each month. For her to use the application, she must provide her name, email address, date of...

Nov 22

In: Blog , Research
By: African Academic Network on Internet Policy
Date: 2020-11-22
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PRIVACY AND DATA PROTECTION IN THE NIGERIAN EDUCATIONAL SECTOR

By: Tojola Yusuf INTRODUCTION Educational institutions at all levels hold personal data of students, staff, guardians or parents. These personal data include names, contact details, home address, bank details, health information, age, biometric data, photographs, dates of birth, examination results,...

Nov 22

In: Blog
By: African Academic Network on Internet Policy
Date: 2020-11-22
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Media Censorship in Nigeria: Implication of the Regulation of Social Media and Digital Rights

By: Adedoyin Adetumininu Fadare “The world today revolves around two things: smartphone and data, smartphone and…, and the young ones we are talking to do not even watch television, don’t listen to the radio, they don’t do newspapers. And you will be shocked, that if you start arguing with y...

Oct 08

In: Blog
By: African Academic Network on Internet Policy
Date: 2020-10-08
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The Future of Armed Conflict in Africa : What Cyber Attacks on Ethiopian Government Tells Us

By Tomslin Samme-Nlar: Africa’s reliance on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for development is growing exponentially. Due to very poor infrastructure and to close the large gap of unbanked adults on the continent, Africa has looked to digitization for solutions. Unfortunately, this ...

Sep 28

In: Policy Briefs
By: African Academic Network on Internet Policy
Date: 2020-09-28
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CRITICAL DATA SECURITY ISSUES IN THE NIGERIAN BANKING SECTOR

By: Victoria Oloni 1.0 INTRODUCTION: In recent times, the Nigerian banking sector has been hit with several waves of rumours of data breaches most recent of which is the alleged data breach suffered by Unity Bank and Access Bank in August and September 2020 respectively[1]. Although these rumours ha...

Aug 13

In: Blog , Publications
By: African Academic Network on Internet Policy
Date: 2020-08-13
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Data Protection Concerns in the Regulation of On-line Taxi Hailing Businesses in Lagos Nigeria

By : Emmanuel Salami The Lagos State Government (LASG) of Nigeria recently published the ‘Guidelines for Online Hailing Business Operation of Taxis in Lagos State’ (the Guidelines) for the regulation of ridesharing apps and e-taxi services. [1] Curiously, relevant stakeholders have raised concer...

Jul 21

In: Blog
By: African Academic Network on Internet Policy
Date: 2020-07-21
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The Intrusiveness of Money lending Apps in Nigeria

By Malan Faya The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic’s far-reaching impact on the global economy has been significant. Evidence of this impact include city lockdowns, disruption in supply chains and manufacturing, sharp reduction in crude oil prices, restriction on large gatherings, disruption of the...

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