The exponentially growing digital economy is transforming people's lives on the Africa continent. This positive must also buttress protecting citizens' digital rights and privacy.
On the scorecard, a third-party data-sharing indicator shows that a good number of data subjects are unaware of existing third parties and what their data is used for by these parties in both countries. Both countries scored poorly, on whether data subjects are privy to the involvement of third parties at the contract point or even after.
Despite having fully established data regulators in African countries, these institutions remain toothless bulldogs, only with aspiration but no might. It, therefore, becomes harder to investigate and bring to book companies with deep pockets as well as institutions allied with government officials.