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Specialized Tech Compliance Consulting in Cybersecurity, Data Protection, AI Safety, Blockchain Governance, and Intellectual Property for companies operating across Africa and the Globe.

§ 01What we do

Tech Law Advisory & Research.

01 · DATA PROTECTION COMPLIANCE100+ frameworks

Gap assessments, DPIAs and ongoing compliance across every major data protection framework.

From gap analysis to DPIA, breach response to ongoing advisory, across African law and every global framework that touches your operations.

🇪🇺 GDPR🇳🇬 NDPA🇿🇦 POPIA🇰🇪 DPA · KE🇺🇸 CCPA🇮🇳 DPDP🇨🇳 PIPL🇧🇷 LGPD🇸🇬 PDPA · SG🇪🇬 PDPL · EG🇬🇭 DPA · GH🇷🇼 DPA · RW+ 88 more
100+Frameworks
54African JX
3Continents
02 · AI SAFETY & GOVERNANCE

AI governance and compliance advisory across global and emerging frameworks.

AI deployment creates new legal exposure at every layer of the stack. We advise on risk classification, conformity assessments, transparency obligations, and governance structures across the EU AI Act, US federal orders, and Africa's emerging frameworks.

JXFrameworkStatus
🇪🇺EU AI ActIN FORCE
🇺🇸EO on AI (Federal)IN FORCE
🇰🇪Draft AI PolicyDRAFTING
🇳🇬NITDA AI FrameworkCONSULT
🇿🇦DSAC AI PolicyPROPOSED
03 · BLOCKCHAIN & CRYPTO POLICY

VASP licensing, AML compliance and token classification across African and global crypto frameworks.

Exchanges, DeFi protocols, and token issuers face a rapidly closing regulatory window. We advise on VASP registration, AML/CFT compliance, and licensing across the markets where you operate.

JXFrameworkStatus
🇰🇪VASP Act 2025IN FORCE
🇳🇬SEC Digital Assets RulesIN FORCE
🇬🇭VASP Act 2025IN FORCE
🇿🇦FSCA CASP RulesIN FORCE
04 · CYBERSECURITY COMPLIANCE

Breach notification, incident response and critical infrastructure obligations across African and international frameworks.

Cybersecurity law in Africa is fragmented and moving fast. We map your specific obligations: breach notification timelines, incident response requirements, sector rules, and critical information infrastructure classifications.

  • Kenya Computer Misuse & Cybercrimes Act
  • Nigeria Cybercrime (Prohibition) Act
  • South Africa Cybercrimes Act 2021
  • Critical information infrastructure (CII) compliance
05 · INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Technology IP strategy for companies building, acquiring or licensing technology.

Building technology means building IP. We advise on software copyright, algorithm and code protection, data ownership and licensing, trade secret strategy, and IP due diligence for M&A across African and global jurisdictions.

SOFTWARE
Algorithm and code IP
DATA
Ownership & licensing
TRADE SECRET
Strategy & protection
M&A
IP due diligence
06 · TECHNOLOGY POLICY RESEARCHMONITORING

Policy Research & Government Advisory.

We produce research, respond to consultations, and brief governments, regulators, and multilateral institutions on technology law, data governance, and digital policy across Africa and beyond.

47
REGULATORY SOURCES / DAILY
10
JURISDICTIONS TRACKED
3
INTELLIGENCE TIERS
54
AFRICAN JURISDICTIONS
07 · IN-HOUSE TRAINING

Bespoke training programmes for your legal and compliance team.

In-person or remote. Structured around your operating footprint, not generic slides. Africa-specific cases and practical frameworks your team can use from day one.

Data protectionAI governanceCrypto regulationCybersecurity lawTech policyIP strategy
§ 02Resources & products
course · digest · tracker · navigator · templates

Practical tools for compliance professionals operating across African markets.

01 · DATA PROTECTION COURSE
COMING SOONFOUNDING COHORT · 30 SEATS

Africa Data Protection Compliance: A Practitioner's Guide.

The first practitioner-grade course built for Africa's regulatory reality. Lawful basis, data subject rights, cross-border transfers, breach notification, DPIAs, enforcement trends. Real African cases, not theoretical frameworks.

18
MODULES
9
JX
CPD
PENDING
ACCESS
$67$97
FOUNDING · CODE: FOUNDING
Join the waitlist
18 MODULES
02 · ENFORCEMENT TRACKERLIVE

Every enforcement decision. On one platform.

Enforcement actions, determinations, and penalties across Kenya, South Africa, Nigeria, and Uganda. Structured and searchable. 336 records across four jurisdictions.

DateJXRespondentOutcome
2026.04.18NGMeta Platforms Inc.$220M
2026.03.21KEWorldcoin / TFHPROHIBITED
2026.02.27UGGoogle LLCORDER
2026.02.14ZAExperian South AfricaR 5M
336Decisions
4Jurisdictions
$254M+Penalties
Open the Tracker
03 · DATA PROTECTION DIGESTBI-WEEKLY · FREE

Intelligence from the frontlines of African data protection law.

Bi-weekly coverage of enforcement decisions, new legislation, regulatory guidance and key developments across African jurisdictions and beyond. Read by lawyers and compliance professionals globally.

ISSUE 01 · MARCH 20, 2026
NDPC v. Meta: what a $220M fine means for multinationals operating in Africa.
ISSUE 02 · APRIL 3, 2026
Kenya's ODPC: biometric data, DPIA obligations and the Worldcoin ruling.
ISSUE 03 · APRIL 17, 2026
Africa's enforcement year: criminal convictions, sector sweeps and $510K in penalties.
04 · AFRICA DP NAVIGATORCOMING SOON

What the law requires, by jurisdiction and compliance topic.

Filter by jurisdiction and compliance topic to see exactly what the law requires across Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Rwanda, Ghana, Uganda, Ethiopia, Mauritius, and more.

🇰🇪 Kenya🇳🇬 Nigeria🇿🇦 South Africa🇷🇼 Rwanda🇬🇭 Ghana🇺🇬 Uganda🇪🇹 Ethiopia🇲🇺 Mauritius+ more
05 · COMPLIANCE TEMPLATESCOMING SOON

Practical documentation for African regulatory requirements.

Ready-to-use compliance documents built for African law. Not generic templates adapted from GDPR. Built ground-up for the frameworks that actually apply to you.

  • Records of Processing Activities (ROPA) template
  • Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) framework
  • Breach notification guide and timeline tracker
  • Data Processing Agreement (DPA) checklist
06 · RISK ASSESSMENT TOOLCOMING SOON

Score your data protection posture across the African jurisdictions where you operate.

A self-assessment that identifies your highest-priority compliance gaps across each African jurisdiction in your operating footprint. Scored, gap-ranked, and private.

9+
JURISDICTIONS
SCORED
GAP RANKED
PRIVATE
NO DATA STORED
07 · COMPLIANCE TOOLS & DASHBOARD

Your compliance posture. Monitored. Always current.

Most organisations still manage data protection compliance through spreadsheets and calendar reminders. We are building the tools to change that. Our legal tech platform turns statutory obligations into structured digital workflows: DPIAs you complete once and keep current, risk scores tied to what the law actually requires, breach notification trackers, and alerts when regulations change. Less paper. More substance. Built specifically for the African legal landscape.

COMPLIANCE DASHBOARD LIVE SYNC
OVERALL SCORE
74/100
OPEN GAPS
6
FRAMEWORKS
9
ALERTS
2
JXFrameworkScoreStatus
🇳🇬 NGNigeria NDPA 2023 82/100 COMPLIANT
🇰🇪 KEKenya DPA 2019 68/100 GAPS · 3
🇿🇦 ZAPOPIA 2021 51/100 ACTION REQ.
Regulatory change alerts DPIA triggers Audit-ready evidence Gap tracking Register interest
§ 03Founders Compliance Series
free · 2 hours · your community picks the topic

Free compliance training for African tech founders.

The Founders Compliance Series is a free two-hour training programme delivered at tech hubs, incubators, and accelerators across the continent. Each session covers a focused compliance topic, grounded in real enforcement trends and current African legislation. Your community picks the module. We deliver it.

Every session draws directly from the Africa DP Enforcement Tracker, our live database of 336 enforcement decisions across Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, and Uganda.

View the Programme Request a Session
Cost
Free
To your community
Duration
2 hr
90 min + 30 min Q&A
Format
Live
In-person or remote
Experience
7 yr
Advising African tech
Six topic modules available
01Data Protection Fundamentals
02Privacy-by-Design Products
03Cross-Border Data Rules
04Breach Response
05AI Products & African Frameworks
06Fintech, Crypto and Data
§ 04Contact Us
free 30-minute consultation available

Get in touch.

For guidance on data protection, AI safety, blockchain governance, IP, cybersecurity or technology policy across African and global jurisdictions.

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