06 PRACTICE AREA
Cloud Computing, Data Protection & Digital Sovereignty
Advised by the lead drafter of the Nigerian Cloud Computing Act.
OVERVIEW
The cloud is where Africa’s digital economy actually lives — and where its hardest legal questions concentrate: Where may data reside? Who may access it, and under what law? What happens when national security, commercial efficiency, and individual privacy pull in different directions?
LexInventum sits at the centre of these questions. Our principal led the drafting of the Nigerian Cloud Computing Act and co-developed the Nigerian Data Protection Regulation (NDPR) — the frameworks other advisers now interpret.
WHAT WE DO
Cloud Law & Policy
Cloud-first and cloud-smart policy design for governments and enterprises
Cloud legislation, regulation, and standards drafting
Government cloud procurement frameworks and classification regimes
Sovereign cloud, hybrid, and multi-cloud legal architectures
Cloud Contracts & Compliance
Cloud service agreements: negotiation with hyperscalers and regional providers
Data processing agreements, sub-processor chains, and audit rights
Cross-border data transfer mechanisms and adequacy analysis
Sector overlays: financial services, health, and government workloads in the cloud
Data Protection & Privacy
Experience: co-developed the Nigerian Data Protection Regulation (NDPR)
Data protection compliance programmes under the NDPR/NDPA and across African regimes
Data protection impact assessments and records of processing
Breach response planning and regulatory engagement
Data protection officer support and outsourced DPO services
Data Sovereignty & Localisation
Localisation requirement mapping across African markets
Sovereignty-by-design architectures balancing residency with resilience
Government access, lawful interception, and conflict-of-law analysis