Beyond the bureaucracy: Why protecting citizens’ digital lives is the new frontier of governance

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Healthcare digital transformation in Nigeria is advancing, with new digital health portals capturing sensitive patient data. This raises important governance challenges around protecting citizens’ digital privacy amid expanding digital bureaucracies.

Consider Mama Ngozi. Every month, she visits a state healthcare clinic in Umuahia to manage her chronic health conditions. At the front desk, a health worker inputs her sensitive medical history, home address, and telephone number into a newly deployed digital health portal. A few miles away, her son, a young schoolteacher, registers his tax […] The post Beyond the bureaucracy: Why protecting citizens’ digital lives is the new frontier of governance appeared first on Nairametrics.