Zanzibar Shows Way for Data Protection to Become a Business Hub

January 18, 2025

(3 Minutes Read)

While some countries struggle with managing the onslaught of cyberattacks, Zanzibar has taken a proactive step toward securing online activities both for tourists and citizens through a recent partnership with two innovative UK-based companies, iQuila and Quantum Dice.

Data thefts and hacking are modern-day crimes as data control over data is becoming a sign of power and status. Building data architecture and protection of that data are becoming a major responsibility of the states and a headache. Governments are a high-value target for data thieves as ministries and agencies often host a vast amount of personally identifiable information along with data related to taxation, travel histories, etc.

For instance, in Kenya, the communications regulator detected over 1.1 billion individual attacks between March and June 2024, an increase of 16.5% over the previous quarter. While some countries struggle with managing the onslaught of cyberattacks, Zanzibar has taken a proactive step toward securing online activities both for tourists and citizens through a recent partnership with two innovative UK-based companies, iQuila and Quantum Dice.

The partnership delivers a solution called iQuilaQ which provides state-of-the-art 4096 bit quantum-enhanced encryption ensuring that people can browse, communicate, and transact online with confidence and peace of mind. The iQuilaQ solution will protect users from cyberattacks which too often leave people and businesses vulnerable to several threats.

Zanzibar is now at the forefront of this revolution. This partnership places iQuila’s position as a tech giant in Wales to create substantial job opportunities across development, administration, and support functions.

Zanzibar is gearing up to become both a tourist destination and a hub for businesses in Africa. That requires setting a high standard for data protection to protect government data, and that of the citizens, tourists, and the business community. Quantum Dice and iQuila’s innovative quantum entropy-enhanced encryption protocols allow Zanzibar to assure all that their data-in-transit is safe in Zanzibar.