InfoSecSherpa’s Africa Tech & Cybersecurity News Roundup
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2 min readSep 7, 2022
News items from August 7, 2022 — September 7, 2022
- Africa must act now to address cybersecurity threats. Here’s why.
(World Economic Forum, August 17th) - Central Bank Identifies Cybercrime’s Growing Threats to South Africa’s Banking Sector
(All Africa, August 9th) - Centraleyes Launches “Secure Africa Program” to Bring Free Cyber Security to Those Who Need it Most
(Newswires, August 8th) - Cybersecurity: Africa’s SEACOM Joins Forces with British Telecommunications
(IT News Africa, August 10th) - ‘DangerousSavanna’ Hackers Targeted Financial Institutions in Africa For Two Years
(InfoSecurity Magazine, September 7th) - Liquid Networks Launches DDoS Security for African Businesses
(IT News Africa, September 6th) - Morocco court in favour of extraditing French cybercrime suspect to US
(France 24, August 8th) - Arrests of journalists begin in Zimbabwe under cybersecurity law
(Pressenza, September 14th) - Cybersafe Founder Confidence Staveley Inducted into Forbes Technology Council
(Tech Economy Nigeria, September 5th) - Togo’s new cybersecurity center will serve the whole of Africa
(Quartz Africa, August 22nd)
