Data Sovereignty & Data Governance in the Age of AI

Overview

As organisations adopt cloud and AI services hosted abroad, questions of who controls data, where it lives and who benefits become strategic. This programme covers data governance foundations, data localisation and cross-border rules, African and Kenyan policy frameworks, and practical choices for sovereign, trustworthy AI.

Duration

2 days

Level

Intermediate

Approach

70% hands-on

Certificate

Competency certificate

Who should attend

• Executives, ICT directors and CIOs
• Data, records and policy officers
• Legal, compliance and procurement teams

What you will be able to do

• 01Explain data sovereignty and why it matters for AI
• 02Design data governance roles, policies and quality controls
• 03Navigate data localisation and cross-border transfer rules
• 04Make informed cloud and AI vendor choices

Course modules

1. Module 1

   Data sovereignty explained

   • Ownership, control and jurisdiction
   • National and community data rights
   • Indigenous and local data

2. Module 2

   Policy landscape

   • Kenya Data Protection Act
   • AU Data Policy Framework
   • Data localisation

3. Module 3

   Data governance foundations

   • Data owners and stewards
   • Quality and metadata
   • Data sharing agreements

4. Module 4

   Sovereign AI choices

   • Cloud and AI procurement
   • Local hosting and open models
   • Vendor contracts

Upcoming dates

Express interest in a date and we will send you a quotation. Groups and in-house delivery are also available.

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