African Data Privacy Laws (eBook)

Alex B. Makulilo (Dr.jur) is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute for Information, Health and Medical Law (IGMR), Faculty of Law at the University of Bremen in Germany. Prior to that Makulilo worked as a Senior Lecturer of Information and Communications Law at the Open University of Tanzania, the academic rank he still holds today. He is an advocate of the High Court of Tanzania. Makulilo is also a member of the Advisory Committee of the International Privacy Law Library (http://www.worldlii.org/int/special/privacy) of the World Legal Information Institute. He possesses considerable and diverse experience both in academia and legal industry with a keen research, teaching, and practitioner focus on Information and Communication Technology Law as it relates to privacy, data protection, intellectual property, cybersecurity, electronic commerce, and internet governance in Africa. Makulilo has published numerous articles and book reviews on these subjects in international peer-review journals and has presented at national and international conferences. His first book Privacy and Data Protection in Africa (2014) is a pioneering work for data privacy in Africa. Makulilo holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, Master of Laws in Information and Communications Technology Law from the University of Oslo in Norway and Doctor Juris (suma cum laude) from the University of Bremen in Germany.

Part I Overview1. The Context of Data Privacy in AfricaAlex B. MakuliloPart II National Data Privacy Laws2. Data Protection in North Africa,Tunisia and MoroccoAlex B. Makulilo3. Information Privacy in NigeriaIheanyi Samuel Nwankwo4. Data Protection Law in Burkina FasoKrissiamba Moumouni Ouiminga5. Data Protection in ZimbabweCaroline Ncube6. Privacy and Data Protection in UgandaRonald Kakungulu-Mayambala7. Towards Data Protection Law in EthiopiaAlebachew Birhanu Enyew8. Data Privacy Law Reforms in TanzaniaPatricia Boshe9. Data Protection Law in South AfricaAnneliese Roos10. The Right to Privacy and Data Protection in GhanaDominic N. Dagbanja11. Data Protection in Cape Verde: An Analysis of the State of the ArtJoão Luís Traça Pedro and Marques Gaspar12. Protection of Personal Data in SenegalPatricia Boshe13. Data Protection of the Indian Ocean Islands, Mauritius, Seychelles, MadagascarAlex B. Makulilo14. Data Protection Regulation in BurundiPatricia Boshe15. Data Protection in KenyaAlex B. Makulilo and Patricia Boshe16. Privacy and Data Protection in LesothoAlex B. Makulilo and Kuena Mophethe17. Data Protection in AngolaJoão Luís Traça and Francisca Correia18. Data Protection in Mozambique – inception phaseJoão Luís Traça and Lídia NevesPart III Comparative Conclusions19. Future of Data Protection in AfricaAlex B. Makulilo