- Scope
The African Journal on Privacy and Data Protection (the Journal) is domiciled in the Faculty of Law, University of Lagos, Akoka-Lagos, Nigeria, and published once a year by the Pretoria University Law Press (PULP) in South Africa. The second volume of the Journal has been published and is available at https://ajpdp.unilag.edu.ng/index.php/volumes/volume-2. The Journal is peer-reviewed and open access.
The Editorial Board of the Journal hereby invites articles, book/reviews and notes/comments with a special focus on the underlisted privacy and data protection themes from the perspectives on and from the continent of Africa for the third volume of the Journal.
B. Themes of original and well-researched papers to be submitted:
- Nexus between privacy, data protection, cybercrime and cybersecurity;
- Gender dimension of privacy and data protection in the digital age;
- Protection of children’s rights to privacy and data protection in the digital age;
- Emerging technologies, intellectual property, data protection and privacy rights;
- Privacy and data protection in the era of digital surveillance and big data;
- Cross-border transfer of data in the context of evolving African digital economies;
- Critical evaluation of African data protection authorities (DPAs);
- Remedies for data breaches.
C. Submission of abstracts and timetable
- Authors interested in submitting a paper to the Journal should submit an abstract of plus-minus 300 words by 31 August 2025.
- Abstracts should contain the title of the paper, a short description of its focus, the methodology to be adopted, a brief overview of the issues to be explored, and the expected findings or insights.
- Submissions should be emailed to [email protected]
- Decisions on abstracts will be communicated by 15 September 2025.
- Draft manuscripts of accepted abstracts are expected by 15 November 2025.
D. Guidelines for the submission of draft manuscripts
- The Journal is published in the English language.
- Only manuscripts that fall within the themes specified above will be considered.
- The Journal publishes only original works of the authors that have not been published elsewhere. By submitting a manuscript to the Journal, authors are warranting that the submissions are original unpublished works.
- The proposed style guidelines for the Journal are the PULP style guidelines available at: https://www.ahrlj.up.ac.za/images/ahrlj/contributors_guide/2014%20STYLE%20GUIDELINES.pdf. These style guidelines should be strictly adhered to.
- Articles should contain an abstract of 150 to 300 words.
- Articles should contain the author’s name, affiliation and qualifications.
- The preferred length for all manuscripts submitted to the Journal is as follows:
(a) Articles: 6,000 to 10,000 words; (b) Book reviews: 1,500 to 2,500 words;
(c) Notes/Comments: 3,000 to 5,000 words.
- Authors are to ensure that their articles are not plagiarised works and do not infringe the copyright of other authors.
- The Journal takes the issue of plagiarism and copyright infringement seriously. Manuscripts with more than 15% similarity index may be rejected, while AI-generated manuscripts will be outrightly rejected.
- Authors are encouraged to submit the plagiarism report of their manuscripts when submitting the manuscripts (Turnitin only).
- Decisions of the Editorial Board on the acceptance of manuscripts for publication are final.
E. Form of publication of the Journal
- The Journal is double blind peer-reviewed.
- The Journal is published online only and will also be available on the PULP website at https://www.pulp.up.ac.za.
- The Journal is open-access. Registration and accreditation with the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and other fitting organisations are ongoing.
F. Conflict of interest: The Journal requires all authors to declare if they have any conflict of interest in relation to their manuscripts submitted to the Journal.
Please direct any correspondence or enquiries to: Dr Akinola E Akintayo (Editor-in-Chief) via email:[email protected].
