Some African countries, such as Ghana, have triggered new legislation giving the president emergency powers to fight the pandemic by ordering telecom companies to provide it with personal customer details such as subscriber database, subscriber cell reference data, uncashed subscriber mobile money transfer data, mobile money merchant codes, and addresses.
Nchi nyingine Afrika, kama Ghana yamebadili sheria kuipa rais mamlaka ya dharura kukabiliana na janga kwa kuamrisha kampuni ya mawasiliano ya simu kuipa maelezo ya kibinafsi ya wateja kama vile hifadhidata ya mteja, kumbukumbu ya simu ya mteja, data ya pesa uliohamishwa kutumia simu na haujatumika, misimbo ya wafanyabiashara wa miamala , na anwani.