Cambridge Analytica, the political consultancy at the centre of the Facebook data-sharing scandal, is shutting down, leaving many questions about its involvement in Kenya and Nigeria.
While regulators and lawmakers in the US and UK have scrutinised the company’s work concering data protection and privacy regulations, nothing has been forthcoming from Africa.
We may never know the extent of Cambridge Analytica's work in Africa, and if it broke any laws.
Here's a reminder of the accusations:
In Kenya
Executives bragged in a secret recording by Channel 4 News that they had run President Uhuru Kenyatta’s campaigns in 2013 and 2017 - saying they had "staged the whole thing".
The firm is accused of being behind a deeply divisive campaign that exploited ethnic tensions to manipulate voters.
Cambridge Analytica has not commented but Mr Kenyatta's Jubilee Party has downplayed the impact of the group, saying it only employed the company's parent company, SCL, to help with branding.
In Nigeria
SCL reportedly worked for former President Goodluck Jonathan’s losing 2015 re-election campaign, using Israeli computer hackers to find dirt on his opponent Muhammadu Buhari.
SCL told the Guardian it had only provided “advertising and marketing services in support of the Goodluck Jonathan campaign”.
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