Tanzania, July 3 -- Dar es Salaam. East African Community (EAC) partner states have moved a step closer towards creating a unified regional digital market after experts approved a harmonised framework for trusted cross-border data flows and stronger protection of citizens' personal information.

If endorsed by EAC ministers and partner states, the framework could significantly transform digital services across the region by enabling banks, mobile money operators, hospitals, universities, logistics firms, e-commerce platforms and technology companies to exchange data securely across borders.

The milestone was reached during the Fourth Meeting of the EAC Technical Working Group on Data Protection and Cybersecurity Harmonised Frameworks hel...