Conference Announcement: Sensitive Data Sovereignty Conference
Theme: African Data and AI Sovereignty for Sensitive Health and Humanitarian Data
Tangaza University is honoured to host a landmark continental gathering focused on African Data and AI Sovereignty, bringing together policymakers, researchers, humanitarian actors, technologists, and academic leaders to shape the future of ethical data governance across the continent. This high‑level conference will explore African‑led approaches to managing sensitive health and humanitarian data while enabling responsible AI innovation grounded in African values, legal frameworks, and community needs.
Why This Conference Matters
Africa faces a widening data and AI sovereignty gap, where sensitive information is often stored abroad, fragmented across incompatible systems, or inaccessible to local institutions. This affects:
• Health data continuity after donor programmes end
• Interoperability across digital health systems
• Local capacity for data analysis, research, and innovation
• Humanitarian response during crises
The conference will present a new African‑developed model for a Humanitarian and Health Data Space—a framework that keeps data with its producers while enabling secure, ethical, and FAIR‑compliant knowledge generation.
Key Focus Areas
• FAIR and FAIR‑OLR principles for sensitive data
• Ethical and technical foundations for sovereign data spaces
• Responsible AI for health and humanitarian action
• Cross‑continental academic and policy collaboration
• Capacity building for African universities and institutions
Register Now
Be part of a transformative conversation shaping Africa’s digital future. Participation is open to policymakers, researchers, humanitarian practitioners, technologists, and students committed to strengthening ethical data governance.
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Organisers & Partners
Tangaza University leads this initiative in collaboration with the University of Nairobi, Hekima University College, Mekelle University (Ethiopia), Equator University of Science and Technology (Uganda), and partner universities across West, East, Central, and Southern Africa
Supported by the Africa University Network on FAIR Open Science (AUN‑FOS), with ambassadorial leadership from H.E. Fortuna Charumbira, President of the AU PAP, and H.E. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, former President of Liberia
International collaborators include EEPA, Enabel, and the Data Governance in Africa innovation programme. Technical implementation is provided by the VODAN group.
