Legislation

List of African countries with a dedicated data protection law :

1. Algeria : law | Update

2. Angola : law

3. Benin : law

4. Botswana : law

5. Burkina Faso : law

6. Cape Verde : law

7. Cameroon : law

8. Chad : law

9. Comoros : law

10. Central African Republic : law

11. Democratic Republic of the Congo : law

12. Djibouti : law

13. Ethiopia : law

14. Republic of the Congo : law

15. Egypt : law (in arabic)

16. Equatorial Guinea : law

17. Eswatini : law

18. Gabon : law

19. Ghana : law

20. Guinea : law

21. Ivory Coast : law

22. Kenya : law | Reg 2021

23. Lesotho : law

24. Madagascar : law

25. Malawi : law

26. Mali : law | Update (2017)

27. Mauritania : law

28. Mauritius : law

29. Morocco : law

30. Niger : law

31. Nigeria : law

32. Rwanda : law

33. São Tomé and Príncipe : law

34. Senegal : law

35. Seychelles : law

36. Somalia : law

37. South Africa : law

38. Tanzania : law

39. Togo : law

40. Tunisia: law

41. Uganda : law | Reg(2021)

42. Zambia : law

43. Zimbabwe : law | Reg(2022)