The life of a Kenyan in 2021 is a big data-mining game. Personal information is shared in the course of financial transactions for e-commerce and dial-deliveries which have now become the norm due to the influx of motorcycles.
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IntroductionWhen we first heard of COVID-19 and how it was ravaging Europe, we did not think that it would have a great impact on our laws, especially digital rights. The expectation was more on the…
Kenyans were recently treated to a MTV Cribs show by a teenager on Snapchat/a social media site. This is a recent trend which often starts out as innocent fun with friends(presumably) where youth do a virtual tour of where they live.
Unfortunately in the recent incident, it ended up beyond Snapchat and onto WhatsApp, Twitter, Facebook and Youtube with queries on her source of opulence. It escalated to a point where the young lady asked for help to have YouTube videos of the house tour pulled down as she alleged that was a breach of her right to privacy.
Introduction The success of mobile money in Kenya changed lives and has created a good base for many mobile technology-based solutions. Among these solutions are mobile loan services which ride on the mobile system but…
By Francis Monyango When I walked into the Visual Room of Las Naves building, I expected to see faces from the global south. But the attendees present were from all over the world. I took…
This article was first published in the Daily Nation newspaper February 22, 2018. I was buying a SIM card when the customer care agent asked me to pose for a photo, saying it was a…
This article was first published in Nairobi Business Monthly August 2016 edition. It is true that two things are certain, taxes and death. It is also true that we are in the information technology age…
This article was first published in Nairobi Business Monthly April 2016 edition. We have recently watched the standoff between technology giant Apple and the US Department of Justice over an order from a Federal Magistrate…