Data safety jobs boom on new privacy laws

Immaculate Kassait

Data Commissioner Immaculate Kassait. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Data protection and analytics officer has become the hottest tech job in Kenya as corporates scramble to hire software and privacy experts in a race to comply with a new law that has shaken up personal data security rules in the country.

The hiring frenzy has been increasing sharply since last year after the Data Protection Act that was signed in November 2019 took effect.

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