Africa News Roundup: Data Privacy and Information Security
InfoSecSherpa: Your Guide Up a Mountain of Information!
2 min readNov 12, 2023
Includes news items from October 1–31, 2023.
- Namibia Sets Roadmap to Develop AI Responsibly and Ethically
(UNESCO, October 2nd) - South African insurance clients hit in massive global cyberattack
(My Broadband South Africa, October 2nd) - Kenya hit by record 860m cyber-attacks in a year
(Africa News, October 3rd) - Parliament orders halt on Worldcoin’s Kenya services
(IAPP, October 3rd) - INTERPOL conference: Global security hinges on a safer Africa
(INTERPOL, October 5th) - Pan-African Financial Apps Leak Encryption, Authentication Keys
(Dark Reading, October 12th) - When the Rubber Meets the Road: Cybersecurity and Kenya’s Digital Superhighway
(Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, October 12th) - Applications open for Commonwealth Africa Cyber Fellowships
(The Commonwealth, October 13th) - Corridor Africa addresses escalating cyber security threats on telecoms infrastructure
(IT Web South Africa, October 13th) - Surveillance report opts for vague biometrics fear over specificity
(Biometric Update, October 17th)
“Mapping the Supply of Surveillance Technologies to Africa” presents case studies from Nigeria, Ghana, Morocco, Malawi, and Zambia. Sections enumerate the technologies supplied by China, the European Union, Israel, Russia, the UK and U.S. - 53% of employees in the Middle East, Turkiye, and Africa region fear spying from drones
(African Business, October 18th) - Deepfaked African Union chief called European leaders
(Cyber News, October 18th) - Mobile threats increasing across Africa
(African Review, October 26th) - Inaugural Cyberweek Africa 2023 :Bridging the Cybersecurity Skills Gap
(University of Nairobi, October 31st) - Nonprofit Organisation Leverages AI to Empower Nigerians in Combating Misinformation
(Tech in Africa, October 31st)
