On today's episode of the Techpoint Africa Podcast, our hosts, Oluwanifemi Kolawole and Bolu Abiodun, are joined by privacy lawyer, Samuel Ngwu to discuss African tech stories making the waves this week.
Paradigm Initiative, a digital rights organisation, has revealed that several unauthorised platforms are holding and selling Nigerian citizens' sensitive personal and financial data for as low as ₦100.
This development on a major breach of the fundamental rights to privacy and data privacy rights was contained in a press statement published on Thursday, June 20, 2024.
In the statement, the organisation specifically named AnyVerify.com.ng as one of the platforms engaged in this illegal commerce.
Samuel maintains that the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has been woeful in carrying out its duties and should inform citizens when their data has been hacked.
Data from Intelpoint shows that South Sudan tops the list for African countries with the most breached online accounts since 2004, with over 89 million compromised accounts.
South Africa and Egypt follow with 0.2% and 0.13% of the global figure, respectively. Nigeria ranks fourth with 19.3 million breaches.
Then we go to South Africa.
The newly passed National Transport Act amendment bill will transfer some powers to Sindisiwe Chikunga, South Africa’s Transport Minister, to set ride-hailing prices, rather than leaving it up to the companies, including Bolt and Uber.
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President Cyril Ramaphosa signed the amended act into law after 13 years of waiting for it to be adjusted to accommodate e-hailing services.
Melithemba Mnguni, Secretary of the E-Hailing Partners Council, stated in an interview with an online radio station that ride-hailing operators are excited about the long overdue amendments.
Bolu questions the efficacy of such a move considering the many parties that need to be satisfied and potential risks to competitive pricing.
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