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Lack of harmonised laws hurts Africa's ICT take-off

Director of Public Policy and Government Relations at TikTok for Sub-Saharan Africa, Fortune Mgwili-Sibanda. [File, Standard]

Across Africa, governments and private sector players have poured significant investments into digital infrastructure-from sprawling fibre optic networks to booming mobile payments platforms.

Yet, as innovation races ahead, regulation is often lagging, slowed down by legacy mindsets among policymakers and slow-moving policy processes. This has resulted in the regulatory environment remaining inconsistent, frequently playing catch-up with industry developments.

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