Data Governance

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A Data Governance Framework for Africa
(2022-02) Ndemo, Bitange; Thegeya, Aaron
To create a vibrant market for the use of data, while still protecting the individual rights of those on the continent, Africa must lead the way in developing its data strategy and data governance framework. This data governance framework should account for the continent’s unique characteristics while addressing gaps in digitization, identity, and access to data across countries. This background paper discusses the key features of an effective data governance framework within an African context; it identifies the key dimensions that merit consideration in this regard; and it describes the principles that should animate such a system for governing how data is deployed on the continent.
The Economics of Blockchain Within Africa
(2022-02) Thegeya, Aaron
The advent of blockchain technology offers massive potential for revolutionary innovations that address fundamental constraints and market failures across a wide span of sectors in Africa. Blockchain has the ability to transform economic activity and improve living standards in Africa by overcoming information asymmetry problems, property rights and governance barriers. Blockchain innovations have the ability to boost levels of productivity and unlock capital flows to underserved sectors, in addition to leveraging the increasing returns of information as an input to production in order to spur economic growth.