Visualizing the Enforcement Curve: Africa’s biggest data protection fines (2022–2026)

We mapped out the highest data protection penalties across the continent to see if regulators were actually barking or biting.

The disparity is insane.

Meta’s $220M fine in Nigeria makes the rest of the continent's enforcement look like rounding error, but the volume of mid-tier fines ($150k - $500k) in sectors like Finance and Telecom is rising fast.

Read full analysis here (https://gilanalytics.com/highest-data-protection-fines-in-africa-2026/)