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The National AI Policy Framework: A step closer to aligning with international trends
and Nothando Madondo, Candidate Attorney On 14 August 2024, the Department of Communications and Digital Development published the draft National AI Policy Framework for public input. This initial [...]
Werksmans Technology Media and Telecommunications Africa Quarterly e‑Bulletin
This e-bulletin highlights key legislative and regulatory developments in the technology, media and telecommunications sectors in sub-Saharan Africa. This issue covers the period 16 October 2023 [...]
Crypto providers running out of time…
and Hlonelwa Lutuli, Candidate Attorney On 19 October 2022, the Financial Services Conduct Authority ("FSCA") published the Declaration of a Crypto Asset as a Financial Product [...]
Technology, Media and Telecommunications Africa Quarterly e-Bulletin
This Africa Quarterly e-bulletin highlights key legislative and regulatory developments in the technology, media and telecommunications sectors in sub-saharan Africa. This issue covers the period 16 [...]
Reviewing and updating your privacy notices
Transparency is one of the key principles for the lawful processing of personal information worldwide. If you collect and use people's personal information, you have most [...]
Telecommunications Media and Technology Africa Quarterly e Bulletin
This e-bulletin highlights key legislative and regulatory developments in the technology, media and telecommunications sectors in sub-Saharan Africa. This issue covers the period 16 July 2022 [...]
To 2030 and beyond: Can embracing AI technologies help South Africa reach the National Development Plan’s visions for the ICT sector?
Once upon a time, the National Planning Commission published the National Development Plan and set the following long term goals for the ICT sector: "By 2030, [...]
Technology, Media and Telecommunications Africa Quarterly e‑Bulletin | May 2022
Botswana Broadband Facts and Figures Report, 2021 On 21 January 2022, the Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority (BOCRA) published its Broadband Facts and Figures Report for 2021, [...]
Inadequacy of law in the digital age
Technology is advancing much more quickly than most people anticipated even a decade ago. This begs the question as to whether or not our social, economic [...]
