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Africa Spent $2 Billion on Chinese AI Surveillance. No Country Has Laws to Govern It.

Eleven African countries spent $2B+ on Chinese-financed AI surveillance. Not one has laws that adequately govern it. BETAR maps the country-by-country regulatory gap and the compliance risks for African businesses.

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Africa's Data Protection Default: Why AI Regulation Without AI Laws Falls Short

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Africa’s Data Protection Default: Why AI Regulation Without AI Laws Falls Short

BETAR Newsroom
March 22, 2026

Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Ghana, and Rwanda are using data protection laws to govern AI by default. It is working — up to a point. Here is what data protection law cannot reach, and what the continent’s emerging dedicated AI frameworks change.

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M-PESA's Phone Number Decision Is East Africa's Biggest Merchant Data Change in a Decade

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M-PESA’s Phone Number Decision Is East Africa’s Biggest Merchant Data Change in a Decade

BETAR Newsroom
March 22, 2026

M-PESA begins phone number masking on March 24 for P2P transactions. By year-end, merchants won’t see full customer numbers at all. What PSPs and merchant-side fintechs need to rebuild — and why Kenya’s ODPC made this inevitable.

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Africa Spent $2 Billion on Chinese AI Surveillance. No Country Has Laws to Govern It.

Africa’s Data Protection Default: Why AI Regulation Without AI Laws Falls Short

M-PESA’s Phone Number Decision Is East Africa’s Biggest Merchant Data Change in a Decade

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