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Vision 2050: Data protection defines Tanzania's digital future

DAR ES SALAAM, May 1 -- THERE is a version of Tanzanias future that we often celebrate because we can see it. It is visible in highways stretching across regions, in the Standard Gauge Railway slicing... Read More


Data protection and the media: A necessary alignment, not a threat

DAR ES SALAAM, April 17 -- OVER the past few weeks, I have been listening very carefully to the conversations happening within our media fraternity. Some of these conversations are cautious, others ar... Read More


CCTV, privacy and the cost of misunderstanding the law

Dar es Salaam, April 3 -- IN the past few days, I have followed carefully and with a sense of professional responsibility the public conversation that emerged after my presentation at the TBC Washitir... Read More


Data subject rights: Taking control of your personal data in everyday life

DAR ES SALAAM, March 27 -- IN our daily lives, whether sending money, registering a SIM card, browsing online, or signing up for a service, we share pieces of ourselves almost instinctively. Yet, ver... Read More


Principles of data protection: Legal backbone of trust in Tanzania's digital era

DAR ES SALAAM, March 20 -- THERE is a moment I often return to, not because it was extraordinary, but because it was profoundly ordinary. It happened during a public awareness session in Tunduma. A y... Read More


Public sector responsibility in protecting personal data

DAR ES SALAAM, Feb. 27 -- AS government services become increasingly digital, a quiet but defining question sits beneath our progress: Who is protecting the citizen behind their personal data? Every f... Read More


Should Tanzania reconsider banning children from social media?

DAR ES SALAAM, Feb. 6 -- AT around midday, just outside many secondary schools in Dar es Salaam, something quietly revealing happens. During breaks, students do not rush to the football field or gathe... Read More


Children, social media and the digital footprint they never chose

DAR ES SALAAM, Feb. 6 -- THERE is a generation growing up in Tanzania today whose childhoods are being documented in real time. Birthdays, school events, hospital visits, report cards, dance videos, f... Read More