Regulatory Updates
Nigeria’s Data Protection Act, Two Years On
The headline duties are settled. The live questions are enforcement and transfers.
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Insights
Field notes from across the meridian: privacy, AI, fintech and market-entry regulation, read in the places they actually land. Organised by theme; the date is metadata.
Featured · Explainers
The EU AI Act and African Startups: What Actually Applies to You
If you have no users, staff, or output landing in the EU, most of the AI Act does not reach you. The exceptions are narrow, but they are real, and a few of them matter a great deal.
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Reading an Adequacy Decision: A Field Guide
An adequacy decision is a finding, not a contract. Here is how to read one.
Jurisdiction Spotlights
Fintech Licensing in Three Markets: A Comparative Map
One product, three regulatory identities. Map the licence before you build.
Lessons from Practice
What a Failed Market Entry Taught Me About Sequencing
The legal work was sound; the sequencing was not. Entry fails at the seams.
Industry Commentary
The Quiet Convergence of Global Privacy Law
Regimes drafted worlds apart are converging on the same primitives.
Regulatory Updates
Cross-Border Data Transfers After the Latest SCC Revisions
The clauses changed. The duty to assess the destination did not.
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