Africa News Roundup: Data Privacy and Information Security

InfoSecSherpa: Your Guide Up a Mountain of Information!

News Items from July 15 through July 31, 2023.

[For news items from July 1 through July 14 , 2023 — view here.]

Nile River in Uganda — News Item #6: Uganda: Tackling Cybercrime in Uganda — Safeguarding the Digital Frontier

1. List: African countries most vulnerable to cyber threats in 2023
   (Business Insider Africa, July 18th)
2. Study: Africa Cybersecurity Improves but Lacks Cross-Border Frameworks
   (Dark Reading, July 19th)
3. Ethiopia ends a 5-month social media ban
   (Techpoint, July 20th)
4. Nigeria’s data protection agency will blacklist erring firms
   (Tech Cabal, July 20th)
5. Privacy Shield shadow looms over Kenya-Europe data deal
   (Nation, July 21st)
6. Uganda: Tackling Cybercrime in Uganda — Safeguarding the Digital Frontier
   (All Africa, July 25th)
7. Ransomware attacks in Nigeria increased by 7% in H1 2023 compared to H1 2022
   (Zawya, July 26th)
8. Users Say Safaricom’s $633 Million/Day Payments Platform Offline
   (Bloomberg, July 27th)
9. Essential online services unavailable as Kenya grappled with cyberattack
   (The East African, July 28th)
10. North Africa a ‘testing ground’ for EU surveillance technology
    (Middle East Eye, July 28th)

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