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DPO Africa Network Volunteer Onboarding Session

DPO Africa Network

What did 2027 teach us about making data protection work across Africa?

Join DPO Africa Network to reflect on the year&rsquo;s discussions, consider lessons for professional practice and identify priorities that deserve attention as we enter 2028.

Objective:

Help participants consolidate lessons from 2027 and turn reflection into a focused plan for the year ahead.

Who should attend:

DPOs at every career stage, privacy and compliance professionals, organisational leaders, educators, and members of Africa&rsquo;s wider data protection community.

What you will learn

<ul>
	<li>Assess the implications of the developments and practice lessons reviewed during the session.</li>
	<li>Identify approaches worth carrying forward and gaps that need further attention.</li>
	<li>Set realistic professional development and organisational priorities for 2028.</li>
</ul>

Register to join this free DPO Africa Network public webinar.

The Year in Review and What Comes Next

What should DPOs prepare for as 2028 approaches? This Real Talk with Regulators session explores the priorities and emerging issues raised in the discussion, helping participants separate established requirements from developments that still need to be monitored.

Objective:

Help DPOs make informed preparations for 2028 using the regulatory outlook discussed during the session.

Who should attend:

DPOs, privacy leaders, legal and compliance professionals, risk teams, policy specialists, and executives planning data protection priorities and budgets.

What you will learn

<ul>
	<li>Identify regulatory priorities and emerging practice issues highlighted for the year ahead.</li>
	<li>Distinguish current obligations, announced changes and areas of uncertainty.</li>
	<li>Translate relevant developments into a monitoring plan, capability priorities and a practical 2028 agenda.</li>
</ul>

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The 2028 Regulatory Horizon — What Should DPOs Prepare For Now?

Can you explain why your privacy programme can be relied on? This session examines how organisations can test whether controls work, understand what their evidence supports and give boards, leadership and regulators a balanced view of programme effectiveness.

Objective:

Help participants move from reporting completed compliance tasks to assessing and evidencing how well the privacy programme works.

Who should attend:

DPOs, privacy programme leaders, internal auditors, risk and compliance teams, assurance professionals, and executives who receive privacy reports.

What you will learn

<ul>
	<li>Distinguish evidence that a control exists from evidence that it operates effectively.</li>
	<li>Select proportionate assurance activities such as sampling, control reviews and follow-up checks.</li>
	<li>Report findings, limitations and corrective actions in a way that supports leadership decisions.</li>
</ul>

Register to join this free DPO Africa Network public webinar.

Can You Prove Your Privacy Programme Works?

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The DPO GDPR Principle Checklist is a comprehensive tool designed to assist Data Protection Officers (DPOs) in ensuring compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This checklist includes detailed items covering key principles outlined in the GDPR such as lawfulness, fairness, transparency, purpose limitation, data minimization, accuracy, storage limitation, integrity, confidentiality, and accountability. By using this checklist, DPOs can systematically review their organization&#39;s data processing activities, identify potential gaps in GDPR compliance, and take necessary corrective actions. This tool is essential for maintaining data protection standards and facilitating a systematic approach to GDPR compliance.

DPO GDPR Priniciple Checklist

Build Practical Data Protection Skills That Work in the Real World

Data Protection Foundations&nbsp;is a clear, practical, and systems-thinking guide to understanding and implementing data protection in today&rsquo;s data-driven world. Designed as a foundation but written with depth - this book equips readers to move beyond theory into execution.

Whether you are new to privacy or an experienced practitioner seeking stronger frameworks, this book challenges conventional thinking and provides tools to scale effective privacy operations

Unlike purely legal texts or abstract compliance manuals, this book focuses on&nbsp;how data protection works in practice&nbsp;across organizations, platforms, and public institutions.

Endorsed by Privacy and Regulatory Leaders

&mdash;&nbsp;Tsitsi Mariwo, Director, Data Protection,&nbsp;POTRAZ

&mdash;&nbsp;Rich Eizenhoefer, Privacy Engineering Manager,&nbsp;Google

&mdash;&nbsp;Ridwan Oloyede, Co-Founder,&nbsp;Tech Hive Advisory

Data Protection Foundations eBook

21 Actions for Africa Data Protection Day is a practical resource for individuals, privacy practitioners and organisational leaders. Designed to extend beyond a single day of observance, it provides actionable steps, evidence of progress and a simple 30-day rhythm for turning Africa&rsquo;s commitment to data protection into sustained practice throughout the year.