Africa News Roundup: Data Privacy and Information Security
InfoSecSherpa: Your Guide Up a Mountain of Information
2 min readMay 14, 2023
News Items from May 1 through May 14, 2023
- Casablanca to Host Africa Cybersecurity Summit
(Morocco World News, May 2nd) - Kaspersky tackles 13mln cyber attacks in Egypt during 1Q 2023
(Zawya, May 9th) - South Africa is facing a massive ransomware problem
(Business Tech, May 13th) - Data Privacy Concerns In The Nigerian Open Banking Industry
(The Nigeria Lawyer, May 1st) - South African cyber security specialist Nclose listed among Africa’s fastest growing companies
(IT-Online, May 5th) - The Role of Partnerships and Collaborations in Driving Payment Innovation in Africa: A deep dive into collaborations in the African Payments Sector
(Finance Magnates, May 3rd) - Africa must regulate AI to reap its full benefits
(IT Web South Africa, May 8th) - Malawi Minister of Information and Digitalization Moses Kunkuyu Calls Upon African Nations to Address Cyber Security Threats
(All Africa, May 10th) - Boom predicted in global 5G adoption in mining sector
(Mining Review Africa, May 10th) - Kenya is scaling digitisation with QR code offerings: what you should know
(Ventures Africa, May 4th)
