AfriVest Compliance Architecture
A map of the international financial standards, continental frameworks, and national data protection laws that AfriVest is designed to align with across the jurisdictions it is built to serve.
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Global Financial Standards
International frameworks governing financial messaging, anti-money laundering, securities regulation, and monetary policy.
Continental Framework
The African Union's Malabo Convention provides a harmonization baseline for national data protection laws across its 55 member states.
National Data Protection
Country-specific data protection legislation governing personal information processing across the jurisdictions AfriVest is designed to serve.
How They Interconnect.
The standards do not sit in isolation. Each tier reinforces the others, from global financial messaging through to the national laws that govern personal data.
Transaction data enrichment supports AML screening
CBDC payment messaging interoperability
KYC and AML requirements inform data processing obligations
Tokenized securities governance alignment
DLT systemic risk assessment coordination
Continental baseline harmonizes national laws
Cross-border data transfer arrangements
East African data protection harmonization
National Data Protection Laws.
The country-specific legislation, and the regulators that enforce it, across the jurisdictions AfriVest is designed to serve.
| Law | Country | Enacted | Effective | Regulator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| POPIA | South Africa | 2013 | 2021 | Information Regulator |
| NDPA | Nigeria | 2023 | 2023 | NDPC |
| DPA Kenya | Kenya | 2019 | 2019 | ODPC |
| DPA Ghana | Ghana | 2012 | 2012 | Data Protection Commission |
| PDPA Rwanda | Rwanda | 2021 | 2021 | NCSA |
| DPA Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | 2021 | 2021 | POTRAZ |
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AfriVest is designed to align with the standards above, never certified against them.
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