Nigeria, Sept. 15 -- The Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) says officials from 17 countries have visited Nigeria in the past two years to learn from the country's data protection regulatory experience.

The National Commissioner of the NDPC, Dr Vincent Olatunji, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja during the inauguration of the commission's new headquarters.

Data Protection Olatunji said the visits had positioned Nigeria as a model for Data Protection Authorities (DPAs) in Africa and beyond.

"We are now a model among DPAs across the globe, to the extent that DPAs in different countries are now coming to learn from us.

"We have had about 17 countries visit the commission in the last two years, while engagements with other interna...