The African debate
Africa: the cybersecurity challenge
Cyberattack (illustration photo).
© REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration
By: Alain Foka Follow
1 min
In 2020, it cost Africa more than $4 billion, and the amount keeps rising.
It threatens large, small and medium-sized businesses, but now also Mr. and Mrs. Everyone.
Cybercrime is everywhere, increasingly sophisticated, and carried out by professionals.
While until recently it was considered the business of the big connected nations of the North, the number of cyberattacks is exploding on the continent.
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Experts warn of the urgent need to take drastic measures.
Which countries are most affected?
What is the magnitude and cost of this threat?
Is Africa ready to face this new form of criminality?
With our guests:
Franck Kié
, general commissioner of the Cyber Africa forum platform,
Yenataba Kignaman-Soro
, cybersecurity consultant, secretary general of the Ciberobs platform,
George Fankam
, manager of Fygytech,
Moumouni Mohamed
, cybersecurity consultant.
Recording of the African debate on cybersecurity (Abidjan, May 2022) © Olivier Raoul
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