The Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Data Protection Comlmission, Dr. Vincent Olatunji, has been appointed Chair of the Anglophone Countries Committee of the Network of African Data Protection Authorities (NADPA).
This appointment was confirmed at the Committee’s meeting on Wednesday, 2nd April 2025.
The Committee serves as a multilateral platform for promoting data privacy and protection among its members.
While accepting the appointment, Dr. Olatunji expressed his gratitude for the confidence placed in Nigeria to chair the Committee at this crucial phase of Africa’s efforts to safeguard the privacy rights of over 1.4 billion people in the global data processing value chain.
Dr. Olatunji urged members to view the work of the Committee as a collective responsibility that must be fulfilled for the benefit of data subjects across Africa.
2025 NADPA AGM/ Conference
Nigeria is also scheduled to host the 2025 NADPA Annual General Meeting and Conference from 6th to 8th May 2025.
The theme of the conference will be: “Balancing Innovation in Africa: Data Protection and Privacy in Emerging Technologies.”
The conference aims to showcase Nigeria’s significant milestones under the leadership of President Bola Tinubu towards building a sustainable digital economy.
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