Smart Africa Signs MoU with NADPA - Ghana at the fore front
The Smart Africa Alliance (SA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with NADPA/RAPDP (Network of African Data Protection Authorities) to provide institutional support and enhance the enforcement capacities of the African National Authorities. To this end the signing of the MoU has opened a new chapter for a genuine pan African dialogue and cooperation that will see a harmonized framework for data protection policies and regulation in Africa. Executive Director & Commissioner of Ghana’s Data Protection Commission Patricia Adusei- Poku who doubles as the President of NADPA was there to hold the fort.
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Digital identity systems are at the heart of Africa's digital transformation agenda. They are the keystone of all public and private strategies intended to offer goods and services to users. The construction of digital identity requires the processing of users' personal data and their sharing, sometimes beyond national borders. Thus, it requires the establishment of rules and trust mechanisms for the security and protection of this data.
At a high level forum held in Senegal, African data protection experts discussed the major issues of digital identity and data governance and came to a consensus on how to manage data protection as a unified region to as a matter of regional interest come up with an african development plan conducive to innovation and respect for fundamental rights.
At the end of the deliberations, an MoU has been signed between Smart Africa and NADPA to among other things create a harmonized framework for data protection policies and regulation in Africa and initiatives for enhanced legal collaboration between African Data Protection Authorities to support the digitalization of the continent.
Executive Director & Commissioner of Ghana’s Data Protection Commission Patricia Adusei- Poku who doubles as the President of NADPA in an interview noted that achieving the legal harmonization of data protection laws will be a great milestone paving the way for the digitalization of the continent african continent.
She further hinted of steady plans for Ghana to host the Smart Africa Digital Academy.
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By Elvis Kumah Sampson
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