Washington D.C. hosted the 7th edition of the Africa Fintech Summit (AFTS) on April 21. On the occasion, Zekarias Amsalu, co-founder of the event, and also founder and CEO of Ibex Frontier, shares with Resilient Digital Africa his thoughts on the emerging trends shaping fintech in Africa.

<p>With the development of the digital sector, data protection has become a major issue on the African continent according to Aisha Kadiri, researcher at Digital Africa. After having given a brief overview of the need for data protection in Africa in a first part(link here), Aisha Kadiri addresses in the second part below some of the conditions that complicate African-centric data protection.</p>

With the development of the digital sector, data protection has become a major issue on the African continent according to Aisha Kadiri, researcher at Digital Africa. In this first part, the specialist discusses the dual need for research-based policies and a harmonized regulatory framework on the African continent.