African Data Protection Enforcement Dashboard
The most comprehensive publicly available database of data protection enforcement actions across Africa.
590 decisions · 11 jurisdictions · every record verified against the source document · updated 23 October 2026
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590
decisions tracked
every one links to its official source
11
jurisdictions
Angola, Côte d'Ivoire, Eswatini, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Uganda
USD 275.3m
penalties (all tracked)
median USD 106,000 · mean USD 9,832,827 · 28 fines
KES 94.1m
compensation ordered (Kenya)
median KES 431,250 · mean KES 500,577 · 188 awards
Unlawful Processing
top violation
most frequent violation across 590 records
2026-07
latest decision
data updated 23 October 2026
Enforcement jurisdictions
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Western Sahara: outside the landscape dataset Tanzania: Coming soon Democratic Republic of the Congo: Law in force, enforcement not found Somalia: Law in force, enforcement not found Kenya: Live in the tracker · 295 decisions tracked Sudan: No comprehensive law in force Chad: Law in force, enforcement not found South Africa: Live in the tracker · 17 decisions tracked Lesotho: Law in force, enforcement not found Zimbabwe: Enforces without publishing Botswana: Law in force, enforcement not found Namibia: No comprehensive law in force Senegal: Live in the tracker · 24 decisions tracked Mali: Coming soon Mauritania: Law in force, enforcement not found Benin: Coming soon Niger: Coming soon Nigeria: Live in the tracker · 10 decisions tracked Cameroon: Law in force, enforcement not found Togo: Law in force, enforcement not found Ghana: Live in the tracker · 1 decisions tracked Côte d'Ivoire: Live in the tracker · 14 decisions tracked Guinea: Law in force, enforcement not found Guinea-Bissau: No comprehensive law in force Liberia: No comprehensive law in force Sierra Leone: No comprehensive law in force Burkina Faso: Enforces without publishing Central African Republic: Law in force, enforcement not found Republic of the Congo: Law in force, enforcement not found Gabon: Live in the tracker · 1 decisions tracked Equatorial Guinea: Law in force, enforcement not found Zambia: Enforces without publishing Malawi: Enforces without publishing Mozambique: No comprehensive law in force Eswatini: Live in the tracker · 3 decisions tracked Angola: Live in the tracker · 13 decisions tracked Burundi: Law in force, enforcement not found Madagascar: Law in force, enforcement not found Gambia: No comprehensive law in force Tunisia: Coming soon Algeria: Coming soon Eritrea: No comprehensive law in force Morocco: Coming soon Egypt: Law in force, enforcement not found Libya: No comprehensive law in force Ethiopia: Law in force, enforcement not found Djibouti: Law in force, enforcement not found Uganda: Live in the tracker · 5 decisions tracked Rwanda: Law in force, enforcement not found South Sudan: No comprehensive law in force Cape Verde: Enforces without publishing São Tomé and Príncipe: Law in force, enforcement not found Comoros: Law in force, enforcement not found Seychelles: Law in force, enforcement not found Mauritius: Live in the tracker · 207 decisions tracked CV ST KM SC MU Live in the tracker 11 Coming soon 7 Enforces without publishing 5 No comprehensive law in force 10 Law in force, enforcement not found 21
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JurisdictionAll Angola Côte d'Ivoire Eswatini Gabon Ghana Kenya Mauritius Nigeria Senegal South Africa Uganda
Violation typeAll Unlawful Processing (273) Failure To Respond To Erasure Request (130) Lack Of Consent (127) Commercial Use Of Personal Data (112) Unauthorised Image/Photo Use (82) Unlawful Data Disclosure (78) Failure To Implement Security Measures (44) Failure To Prevent Data Breach (33) Unlawful Surveillance (Cctv) (Alleged) (25) Unlawful Debt Collection (23) Obstruction Of Data Commissioner (21) Failure To Register With Odpc (8) Unlawful Processing Of Biometric Data (Alleged) (8) Failure To Notify Data Breach (7) Failure To Notify Regulator (7)
YearAll 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011
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Comparative analytics
Cross-jurisdiction analysis of enforcement trends, violation types, and penalty data.
Enforcement actions by jurisdiction Count of verified decisions per jurisdiction. Click a bar to filter the search above.
Kenya 295 Mauritius 207 Senegal 24 South Africa 17 Côte d'Ivoire 14 Angola 13 Nigeria 10 Uganda 5 Eswatini 3 Gabon 1 Ghana 1 Violation types distribution Top six normalised violation types plus Other, across all 590 records.
Penalties by jurisdiction USD approximate, where a penalty value is published in the record.
Nigeria USD 253,945,000 South Africa USD 19,532,080 Angola USD 1,842,000 Uganda USD 84 Enforcement activity by year Decisions per year, per live jurisdiction, from the decision dates.
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