A Glance at Digital Law in Africa, Part I

International audience The digital age and the legal challenges it brings are more than ever an invitation to consider the law by looking at what has gone before (historical perspective) and what is being done elsewhere (comparative perspective). With a view to enriching comparative digital law, this article presents a synoptic board of digital law legislation and case law in Africa. In order to provide as panoramic a picture as possible (without claiming to be exhaustive), this study has been split into two parts covering three geographical and linguistic areas: Anglophone Africa, North Africa and Francophone Africa. Part 2 will appear in the following issue of EIPR