Kenya nears EU data protection 'adequacy' decision, official says
By Matthew Newman ( November 20, 2025, 14:44 GMT | Insight) -- Kenya may soon become the first African country to be granted EU data privacy “adequacy” status by the European Commission, a senior official has said. Under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, the commission assesses whether countries’ data protection rules offer an “essentially equivalent” level of data protection.Kenya may soon become the first African country to be granted EU data privacy “adequacy” status by the European Commission, a senior commission official said Thursday, a move which could bring benefits for digital trade and business process outsourcing....
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