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Kenya is tightening the rules for sending personal data abroad
Every time you sign up for an online service or create an account with a company whose servers sit in another country, your personal information may be crossing a border without you ever seeing a passport. Kenya’s data regulator now wants to make sure those journeys have some rules.
What happened? The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC), Kenya’s data protection regulator, has issued new guidance for organisations that transfer personal data outside Kenya or receive it from another country. The guidance applies to organisations handling personal data in Kenya and sets out what they need to consider before sending that information abroad.
Explain like I’m new here: Kenya is part of a global digital economy, and many businesses rely on services and cloud infrastructure that may be hosted outside the country. Kenya is building plenty of its own infrastructure. The country had nearly 20 megawatts (MW) of data centre capacity in 2025, with about 150MW of additional capacity planned.
However, more local data centres don’t mean all Kenyan data suddenly stays in Kenya. Companies can still use foreign cloud providers and overseas software platforms.
What are companies supposed to do? The guidance is aimed at data controllers and data processors that decide how personal data is handled and the organisations processing it for them. They now have clearer guidance on when cross-border transfers are lawful, what safeguards they need, and how to assess whether the country or organisation receiving the data provides adequate protection.
Why should you care? The information being moved around can include financial information, location data, health information, biometrics, and other sensitive details. Kenya’s data protection framework gives people the right to know how their information is used. Therefore, the new law increases accountability for who gets your information and how it is protected once it leaves the country—which is useful when dealing with multinationals and when, or if, they eventually exit the country.
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banking
Absa Bank Kenya appoints Yusuf Omari as CEO
Yusuf Omari has been appointed Managing Director and chief executive officer of Absa Bank Kenya, effective September 10. He had been running the bank as interim CEO since July 1, when Abdi Mohamed left after three years in charge.
Mohamed is moving to I&M Bank, a regional commercial banking and financial services group, where he will become CEO, taking over from Sarit Shukla.
Explain like I’m new here: Omari joined the bank in 2004 after six years at KPMG. He first worked in internal audit, then became Head of Compliance before taking over as chief financial officer (CFO) in 2009, a role he held for 17 years before stepping into the CEO job.
Absa’s musical chairs: The appointment caps a fairly busy leadership period for Absa Kenya. When Mohamed left, Omari stepped into the CEO role, while Diana Mwaniki was appointed acting CFO. Mwaniki had joined Absa in 2022 as Head of Financial Decision.
Earlier this year, Absa Group made changes of its own, including appointing Sitoyo Lopokoiyit, former Managing Director of M-PESA Africa, as Chief Executive of Personal and Private Banking.
Now Omari can step back temporarily and start making it his own. After 17 years in the CFO’s chair, it’s time to see what he does with the CEO job he has spent years watching from the sidelines.
security
South African police want AI bodycams that can recognise your face
South Africa’s police want bodycams that can do much more than record what happens in front of an officer.
What happened? The State IT Agency (SITA), the government technology agency that manages IT procurement and services for public institutions, has issued a three-year tender for body-worn and vehicle dashboard cameras for the South African Police Service (SAPS). The cameras must support facial recognition, connect to other security platforms, and use AI features that let authorities track, record, and recognise number plates and detect distress events.
Explain like I’m new here: Police bodycams have been discussed for years as a way to improve accountability and preserve evidence during encounters with the public. SAPS is now moving from simply recording those encounters to analysing them.
A camera could automatically start recording when an officer draws a firearm, detect events such as collisions, and identify faces or number plates. SAPS could also remotely manage cameras and allow continuous background recording.
The shift matters because a bodycam stops being just a record of what happened. It becomes a tool for identifying and tracking people who appear in its footage.
State of play: South Africa has no specific legislation setting out when police must activate bodycams, who can access footage, how long recordings should be kept, or when facial recognition can be used. SAPS has yet to explain how to govern the facial recognition system.
Zoom out: Bodycams could strengthen police accountability and evidence gathering. Facial recognition adds a much more powerful surveillance layer. SAPS is asking for both at once, while the rules governing the second capability remain unclear. The technology may be ready. The legal framework is not.
insights
Funding Tracker
Arc Ride, a Kenyan electric mobility startup, raised $33.3 million in asset-backed debt and equity. Novastar Ventures and Norrsken22 led the round, with participation from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), British International Investment (BII), and Proparco. Existing investors, including Musashi Seimitsu, a Japanese automotive supplier, and African impact investor Talanton, also participated. (Sep 8)
Here are the other deals for the week:
- Waspito, a Cameroonian healthtech startup, secured a $250,000 Grand LEAP Award. (Sep 5)
- SANDI AI, a Ugandan AI startup, secured $50,000 in growth funding as the winner of the GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize 2026. (Sep 5)
- Mujuni Ventures Ltd, a Ugandan agritech startup, raised an undisclosed financial investment from Oxano Capital. (Sep 7)
- Flowt, a Kenyan fintech startup, raised $550,000 in pre-seed funding from Delta40 Fund I, Impacc, and Argidius Foundation. (Sep 8)
That’s all for this week. Before you go, African Startups hit $2.10 billion in 8 months.Read about it here.
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CRYPTO TRACKER
The World Wide Web3
Source:
|
Coin Name |
Current Value |
Day |
Month |
|---|---|---|---|
 Bitcoin |
$78,487 |
+ 0.07% |
+ 22.81% |
| Ether |
$2,482 |
– 0.14% |
+ 32.41% |
| XRP |
$1.41 |
– 0.97% |
+ 39.24% |
| Solana |
$103.15 |
– 0.24% |
+ 36.03% |
* Data as of 05.57 AM WAT, September 10, 2026.
Opportunities
- The Citi Foundation is offering $500,000 grants to 50 organisations that help low-income young people build AI and other job skills. The grants can support programmes that teach skills such as prompt engineering and digital content creation, help young people find jobs, provide access to devices and software, or add AI tools to existing employment programmes. Applications close on October 6, 2026, at 5 p.m. Lagos time. Apply here.
Written by: Yemi Kareem and Emmanuel Nwosu
Edited by: Emmanuel Nwosu & Ganiu Oloruntade
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