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Teki Akuetteh

My organization addresses digital rights issues within the African continent

About the work

Teki is an ICT/Telecom Lawyer, a Privacy/Data Protection Consultant, and Senior Partner at a law firm based in Accra, Ghana. She is also the Founder and Executive Director of Africa Digital Rights Hub. She was the first Executive Director of the Data Protection Commission of Ghana and is currently a member of the UN Special Rapporteur for Privacy Taskforce on Health Data Privacy. She holds an LLM in Information Technology and Telecommunications Law from the University of Strathclyde, Scotland and a Bachelor of Arts in Law and Political Science from the University of Ghana (Legon), Ghana.

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The Africa Digital Rights’ Hub is a not-for-profit think tank registered in Ghana that advances and promotes research and advocacy on digital rights across the African continent. Interested in the impact of digital technology on people living in the Continent, the Hub brings together academic researchers, stakeholders, policy makers, regional and international bodies to address digital rights issues in Africa.