1+ week, 4+ day ago   (284+ words) Ghana has dedicated October as National Cyber Security Awareness Month, with this year’s campaign focusing on protecting the country’s digital finance ecosystem. The Cyber Security Authority (CSA) launched the programme under the theme, “Securing Ghana’s Digital Finance Ecosystem: Building Trust…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (768+ words) In my previous article on why the future of enterprise intelligence is hybrid, I argued that African organisations were already moving toward a model where workload placement is shaped by cost, control, privacy, latency, and data sovereignty. Nigeria’s latest payment…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (346+ words) The Senegalese National Assembly has approved a bill on the protection of critical information infrastructure (CII) as part of efforts to address the rise of cybercrime. This comes a week after the Ministry of Telecommunications and digital Economy, represented by minister…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (176+ words) The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has identified cyber-security vulnerabilities in the country's digital payments ecosystem and recommended stronger cyber controls, alongside the deployment of artificial intelligence solutions to assist with fraud detection. “This reinforces the need for continuous strengthening…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (225+ words) The Nigerian government has introduced a National digital Cloud Policy targeting $750 million in private investment over the next 24 months. Unveiled by the Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, the initiative aims to expand local cloud and data centre capacity,…...