Legislation

List of African countries with a dedicated data protection law :

1. Algeria : law

2. Angola : law

3. Benin : law

4. Botswana : law

5. Burkina Faso : law

6. Cape Verde : law

7. Chad : law n°007/PR/2015

8. Comoros : Inaccessible to the public

9. Democratic Republic of the Congo : law

10. Ethiopia : law

11. Republic of the Congo : law

12. Egypt : law (in arabic)

13. Equatorial Guinea : law no. 1/2016

14. Eswatini : law

15. Gabon : law

16. Ghana : law

17. Guinea : law

18. Ivory Coast : law

19. Kenya : law | Reg 2021

20. Lesotho : law

21. Madagascar : law

22. Malawi : law

23. Mali : law | Update (2017)

24. Mauritania : law

25. Mauritius : law

26. Morocco : law

27. Niger : law

28. Nigeria : law

29. Rwanda : law

30. São Tomé and Príncipe : law

31. Senegal : law

32. Seychelles : law

33. Somalia : law

34. South Africa : law

35. Tanzania : law

36. Togo : law

37. Tunisia: law

38. Uganda : law | Reg(2021)

39. Zambia : law

40. Zimbabwe : law | Reg(2022)

– Acte additionnel de la CEDEAO : law

– African Union Convention on Cyber Security and Personal Data Protection : law