Seminar with Iheanyi Samuel Nwankwo

Unlocking Africa's Health Data Spaces: Governance and Security Challenges

Abstract

Africa is poised for a data-driven revolution in healthcare, offering unprecedented opportunities to enhance patient outcomes, inform evidence-based policymaking, and catalyze research breakthroughs. Yet the pathway to unlocking these health data spaces is laden with governance and data security hurdles that demand attention. 

This webinar will explore the multifaceted challenges of establishing, regulating, and safeguarding such dedicated health data spaces in a continent as diverse and dynamic as Africa. Insights from this discussion will reveal pathways to strengthen Africa’s health data governance framework to fully harness the transformative potential of digitized health data spaces.

Registration 

Please register no later than the 24 January 2025 at 10:00 using this registration form

Bio

Iheanyi Samuel Nwankwo, PhD, is a postdoctoral research associate at the Institute for Legal Informatics, Leibniz Universität Hannover. He focuses on Data Protection and Cybersecurity Law and has a special interest in systematizing data protection impact assessment. 

He is also a researcher on African issues related to IT law. He has published several works on this topic, including a forthcoming book chapter on the legal and ethical landscape of cross-border health data transfers from Nigeria. He also maintains a blog on ICT and Law in Nigeria.