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Data, sovereignty and new scramble for Africa
Kenyan President William Ruto speaks next to US President Donald Trump and President of Angola and Chairperson of the African Union Joao Lourenc during a signing ceremony at the US Institute of Peace in Washington DC, US on December 4, 2025.
In a move that reverberated through global health, technology, and international law, a Kenyan High Court intervened last week to suspend key provisions of a major health cooperation framework between Kenya and the US.
The order, issued by justice Bahati Mwamuye on December 11, targeted data-transfer clauses within the five-year, $2.5 billion pact, responding to a petition that warned of "permanent and irreversible harm" once Kenyan health data crossed its borders.
