Securexpo East Africa 2023 is well underway and currently FREE to visit. East Africa's leading exhibition & conference for security, fire & safety members is currently taking place at the Sarit Centre, Nairobi, Kenya - featuring heads of these industries discussing undertaking projects, data protection and...
Microsoft has announced at the US-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington DC plans to deepen its work and scale commitments to providing digital connectivity and skills building in Africa. Teresa Hutson, corporate vice-president of technology and corporate responsibility at Microsoft said the company is expanding its Airband Initiative through new...
Liquid C2, a business of Cassava Technologies, has opened the doors of its first Cyber Security Fusion Centre (CSFC) in Nairobi, Kenya, making this the second centre of its kind in Africa. David Behr, CEO of Liquid C2, commented: "Kenyan businesses have seen increased digital adoption,...
The cloud market in South Africa is predicted to grow by up to 50% next year. The prediction comes as the cloud market currently expands at around 30% per quarter. Currently, analysts estimate that half of all servers currently being shipped worldwide are being bought by...
Africa has renewed its call to be better represented at the UN Security Council. The last United Nations General Assembly saw debate focused on expanding the number of member states in the council, as well as which countries should make up its permanent members. The council...
Zimbabwe has stepped up its private security sector with retired police officers and soldiers returning to work for private security companies as armed robberies spiral out of control. The veterans are being called upon to support private security firms and the police after the authorities are...
A new report from Group-IB and Orange CERT revealed that 12 African countries lost millions of dollars to a hacking group between 2018 and 2022. The threat actor, based in an unknown French. speaking country, mainly targeted Francophone Africa and was codenamed OPERA1ER . It managed to...
WISeKey International Holding Ltd., a leading global cybersecurity and IoT company, has announced it will partner with Orbus Digital (part of the GAINDE 2000 Group) to deploy a complete suite of security solutions for organisations' websites based on SSL/TLS services, secured by the OISTE/WISeKey root...
A wildfire on Mount Kilimanjaro has reignited, despite fire officials thinking it was under control. The blaze began on Friday evening near the Karanga site used by climbers ascending the famous peak, at about 4,000 metres (13,000 feet) altitude on its south side. Hard winds helped fan...
The third Africa Data Security Conclave (ADSC) is set to be held virtually on Thursday, October 27, and Friday, October 28, 2022. The third virtual conference is riding off on the success of the first two editions which were held in October 2020 and October 2021...