Building Trust, Accountability, and Human Rights in East Africa’s Data Ecosystem

Data Governance, Open Institute, Restore Data Rights

By Esther Njagi, Open Institute and Sharlene Muthuri, Amnesty International Kenya  Amnesty International Kenya (AIK) and Open Institute (OI) have collaborated since 2020 to advance data governance, data protection, and privacy rights across Kenya and the wider region. Our joint work bridges the gap between data for development and data for human rights, demonstrating that…

A Restore Data Rights Initiative for Africa

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The Restore Data Rights initiative was born out of necessity; we realised that personal digital rights were being exploited with the COVID-19 pandemic as a catalyst. We presently comprise of six partners across Africa; Paradigm Initiative (Nigeria), Africa Digital Rights Hub (Ghana), Tom Moultrie (Professor of Demography, University of Cape Town) (South Africa), Media Rights…