Africa News Roundup: Data Privacy and Information Security — Q1 2024
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2 min readApr 1, 2024
News Items from January 1, 2024 — March 31, 2024
JANUARY 2024
- AI expert warns of ‘digital colonization’ in Africa
(United Nations News, January 2nd) - Kenya Airways attack allegedly exposes passenger details
(Cyber News, January 8th) - Cote d’Ivoire steps up cybersecurity around AfCON tournament
(APA News, January 9th) - Ghana implements strict regulatory measures for Cybersecurity Service Providers
(Innovation Village, January 11th) - Kenya Issues New Guidance for Protecting Personal Data
(Dark Reading, January 11th) - South Africa’s Cyber Strategy Under Ramaphosa: Limited Progress, Low Priority
(Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, January 12th) - International Collaboration Exposes Underage Cyber Fraudster in Morocco
(Morocco World News, January 15th) - National Bank of Angola says it mitigated cyberattack
(The Record by Recorded Future, January 17th) - SudaChad suffers major cyber attack
(CAJ News, January 17th) - Somalia’s intelligence agency says it blocks WhatsApp groups used by al-Qaida-linked militants
(Africa News, January 31st)
FEBRUARY 2024
- Report examines state of African nations’ data protection laws, implementation efforts
(IAPP, February 1st) - What military advantage could Russia get out of Libya?
(Defense News, February 2nd) - African Cybersecurity: Facing 2024’s Biggest Hurdles
(Dark Reading, February 5th) - Rabat hosts a cyber security conclave
(The North Africa Post, February 7th) - Sudan’s latest internet outage is escalating tension
(Benjamin Dada, February 7th) - Tanzania to adopt AI in e-government platforms
(CGTN Africa, February 8th) - Cyberattacks on energy infrastructure in South Africa on the increase
(ESI Africa, February 13th) - Cyber-attack hits Malawi’s immigration service
(BBC, February 22nd) - Regulating AI in South Africa — An international perspective
(Polity, February 22nd) - Somalia joins digital landscape and global privacy regulations
(Nation, February 27th)
MARCH 2024
- Costly internet: East Africans paying the most for the slowest connection globally
(The East African, March 2nd) - Hackers infiltrate South Africa’s business registry
(Benjamin Dada, March 2nd) - Tanzania named second best African country in cybersecurity
(The Citizen, March 4th) - Cybersecurity in agriculture: A critical factor for South Africa’s food security
(Bizcommunity, March 7th) - East Africa governments need to act on nationals trapped in Southeast Asia cyber slavery
(The Africa Report, March 7th) - Africa’s push to regulate AI starts now
(MIT Technology Review, March 15th) - Kenya investigates 1000 entities for data privacy violations
(IT Web Africa, March 15th) - Damaged undersea cables disrupting Africa’s internet will take weeks to repair
(Semafor, March 18th) - Africa Tackles Online Disinformation Campaigns During Major Election Year
(Dark Reading, March 26th) - Cyber attacks and Nigeria’s road to technological progress
(Zawya, March 26th)
