Alex B. Makulilo ([...]) is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute for Information, Health and Medical Law (IGMR), Faculty of Law at the University of Bremen in Germany. Prior to that Makulilo worked as a Senior Lecturer of Information and Communications Law at the Open University of Tanzania, the academic rank he still holds today. He is an advocate of the High Court of Tanzania. Makulilo is also a member of the Advisory Committee of the International Privacy Law Library [...] of the World Legal Information Institute. He possesses considerable and diverse experience both in academia and legal industry with a keen research, teaching, and practitioner focus on Information and Communication Technology Law as it relates to privacy, data protection, intellectual property, cybersecurity, electronic commerce, and internet governance in Africa. Makulilo has published numerous articles and book reviews on these subjects in international peer-review journals and has presented at national and international conferences. His first book Privacy and Data Protection in Africa (2014) is a pioneering work for data privacy in Africa. Makulilo holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, Master of Laws in Information and Communications Technology Law from the University of Oslo in Norway and Doctor Juris (suma cum laude) from the University of Bremen in Germany.

Offers a first time analyses of all jurisdictions with data protection legislation in Africa

Brings together a wide range of data protection perspectives from different African countries

Contains contributions from both scholars in privacy and data protection and practitioners

Canvasses data privacy law in the major legal systems in Africa: common and civil law

Covers the South African mixed legal system