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.
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    Data Protection Legal Regime and Data Governance in Africa: An Overview
    (African Economic Research Consortium, 2022-02) Babalola, Olumide
    There has been a spike in the processing of personal data across the world and this has led to the need to regulate dealings with information through the creation of legal frameworks. Sadly, Africa, unlike other regions, has been unable to engineer a formidable legal framework for the harmonization data protection enforcement. In other cases where it appears there are legal frameworks for data protection, it efficiency has not been maximized.
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    Data Regulation in Africa: Free Flow of Data, Open Data Regimes and Cyber Security
    (African Economic Research Consortium, 2022-02) B. Ncube, Caroline; Hlomani, Hanani
    The free flow of data, the adoption of open data regimes and cyber security are three major aspects of data regulation that hold the reigns to the potential development of the continent. This policy brief addresses these aspects in Africa with a focus on regulatory instruments from the different bodies at continental and sub-regional level as well as some national legislation from selected countries. The aim is to draw lessons from the European Union (EU) approach to determine an appropriate African centred approach to data regulation, particularly in the context of increased inter-African trade as envisaged by the Agreement on the African Free Continental Trade Area (AfCFTA) and an enhanced digital economy as motivated for in the Digital Transformation Strategy for Africa (2020 – 2030).
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    Digitalization and Financial Data Governance in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities
    (African Economic Research Consortium, 2022-06) Ndemo, Bitange; Mkalama, Ben
    Digitalization has transformed global financial markets and is quickly emerging as an avenue for future economic development. However, due to the dynamic nature of the digitalisation processes, ubiquitous challenges affecting their collection, processing, quality and security of collected data have continued to emerge, thereby creating opportunities for financial data governance. In this policy paper, we outline the state of financial-data governance and practices in Africa. We also identify questions and dilemmas facing scholars, practitioners and policymakers as we journey into a digitalized future.
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    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.
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    More Than Just a Policy - Day to Day Effects of Data Governance on the Data Scientist
    (African Economic Research Consortium, 2022-02) Marivate, Vukosi
    The rise of Data Science and its use in public and private spheres also comes with policy considerations that make for an environment that both allows for the creation of data products while taking into account human factors. The reality is that there is a gap in the understanding of policy makers of the decisions, and their impacts, made by data scientists that may ultimately impact people. At the same time policy makers have held off in some instances to create an environment with clear data governance that allows for the use of data that can lead to better delivery of services and growing the local information economy.
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    A Value Chain Approach to Data Production, Use and Governance for Sound Policy Making in Africa
    (2022-02) Chege, Zachary Mwangi; Wanjohi, Peter Maina
    Myriad of challenges have been cited as the reasons behind under development in Africa. Official statistics have been identified as part of the challenges linked to slow development in Africa since they are largely viewed as of low quality, low precision, untimely, incomplete, poor accessibility and inconsistent. There is need therefore, to strengthen the state of official statistics in Africa by re-looking at the way these statistics are produced with a view of addressing their quality. Production of quality statistics will inform better policies and will also be used to monitor and evaluate development goals at national, regional, continental and international levels.