Sherpa Intelligence Africa Update
Quarterly roundup of African Information Security and Data Privacy news.
3 min readOct 17, 2024
Q3: July 1, 2024 — September 30, 2024
- Potential cyber threats loom over Ghana’s December polls — Africa Center for Digital Transformation warns
(Modern Ghana, July 2nd) - Cyber attack on South Africa’s laboratory service puts healthcare at risk
(TechPoint, July 3rd) - New minister reveals R300m cyber heist at public works dept
(IT Web South Africa, July 10th) - Africa’s fourth-largest miner suffers cyberattack
(Benjamin Data, July 11th) - South Africa suffering under political hacking onslaught
(MyBroadband, July 12th) - Ethiopia is African country most prone to cyber attacks
(IT Web, July 16th) - Ghana becomes first country in Africa to implement cybersecurity regulatory framework
(Ghana Web, July 16th) - Report puts African nations among most targeted by malware
(TechPoint, July 16th) - 300 arrests made in crackdown of West African cyber fraud group
(CyberScoop, July 17th) - Service restored at South African lenders Capitec and Absa amid global cyber outage
(Reuters, July 19th)
- Online African Organised Crime from Surface to Darkweb
(Africa Center for Strategic Studies, August 1st) - Data protection is poor for African farmers who use digital services: Kenya and Ghana cases highlight gaps
(The Conversation, August 5th) - World Bank to revamp Cameroon’s cyber security policy
(IT Web, August 5th) - How Africa became the testing ground for cyber warfare
(IT Pro, August 8th) - Chinese nationals among dozens jailed in Zambia for cybercrimes
(Africa News, August 13th) - Cyberattack targets government websites in Senegal
(Africa News, August 13th) - Togo holds Africa’s first cybersecurity summit
(Africa News, August 13th) - Top 10 malware targeting Nigerians in 2024
(Business Day, August 16th) - World’s police in technological arms race with Nigerian mafia
(BBC Africa Eye, August 27th) - Zimbabwe Trains Government Officials in Cybersecurity Skills
(Dark Reading, August 28th)
- Liquid C2 launches Cloudmania in Egypt expanding channel partner ecosystem
(Intelligent CIO, September 2nd) - Namibia’s data, cyber-crime bills nearing completion
(IT Web, September 10th) - Experts advise Uganda government, agencies on cyber security priorities
(New Vision, September 12th) - Rwanda achieves top ranking in global cybersecurity
(The New Times, September 13th) - The 5 African countries considered “role-models” in cyber security
(Business Insider Africa, September 15th) - South African military data potentially exposed by security flaw
(MyBroadband, September 15th) - African Stream: Russia’s Latest Covert Influence Pipeline Targeting Africa and the U.S.
(Stanford Internet Observatory, September 17th) - Tanzania leads Africa in 2024 global cybersecurity rankings
(The Citizen, September 17th) - Togo Ranks Among Africa’s Top 10 Countries in Cybersecurity
(Togo First, September 20th) - United States Trade and Development Agency to strengthen cybersecurity for critical infrastructure in Africa
(Guardian Nigeria, September 30th)
