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Africa Cyber Centre We are Africa's premier cyber and digital technology think-tank. We are Africa's cyber think-tank.

Enabling continent-wide policy making and capacity building to ensure cyber resilience through innovation, research, and outreach.

Identity is not enough in our current threat landscape. In an agentic world, you must govern delegation.
22/05/2026

Identity is not enough in our current threat landscape. In an agentic world, you must govern delegation.


Digital identity has historically addressed recognition: verifying that an entity is who it claims to be. The emergence of autonomous personal agents requires a different question: Who is authorised to act, under what constraints, and how is that authority proven in real time? This post outlines why...

Your biggest cyber risk is no longer just technical. It is political. Foreign policy now travels through phishing emails...
28/04/2026

Your biggest cyber risk is no longer just technical. It is political. Foreign policy now travels through phishing emails, cloud outages and supply chains. Resilience means thinking like an analyst at the same time.




Geopolitics used to be the business of maps, treaties and tanks. Cyber risk used to be the business of patches, passwords and firewalls. For twenty years boards kept them in separate committees. That separation has collapsed.

We treat hacking as a cybersecurity issue. We trate fake news as a media issue. That is a mistake. Disinformation runs t...
06/04/2026

We treat hacking as a cybersecurity issue. We trate fake news as a media issue. That is a mistake. Disinformation runs the same kill chain as malware. The target is just different: your reputation, not your server.

In March 2023, a single doctored audio clip circulated on WhatsApp claiming that a major Nigerian bank was about to collapse. Within hours, customers queued outside branches in Lagos and Abuja trying to withdraw their savings. The bank was solvent. The audio was fake. Yet the financial and reputatio...

Is a digital ID on your phone the future or a threat? It promises greater security and privacy, but also risks surveilla...
30/03/2026

Is a digital ID on your phone the future or a threat? It promises greater security and privacy, but also risks surveillance and exclusion. The tech is here, but building trust is the real challenge.

Think of the last time you visited a mobile money agent to withdraw cash or had to register a new SIM card. Before the transaction can be completed, the agent asks for your ID. You hand over your National ID, Voter’s Card, or driver’s licence, a document that shows not just your face and name, b...

In November 2022, ChatGPT was made available to the general public, and it quickly rose to popularity among those who we...
29/03/2026

In November 2022, ChatGPT was made available to the general public, and it quickly rose to popularity among those who were intrigued by the potential and capabilities of artificial intelligence. The natural language artificial intelligence tool has made it easier for cyber-criminals to initiate adversarial cyber-attacks.


The rapid proliferation of advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) text generators, commonly known as Large Language Models (LLMs), represents a paradigm shift in digital technology. These sophisticated systems, capable of producing remarkably human-like text, are being integrated into countless appli...

Is your online identity really secure? The ways we used to prove who we are online, like passwords and answering "what w...
26/03/2026

Is your online identity really secure? The ways we used to prove who we are online, like passwords and answering "what was your first pet's name?", simply don't work anymore.

Criminals are now using incredibly advanced tools like AI deepfakes and creating entirely fake "synthetic" people to commit fraud. It's a whole new level of threat.

Our latest article dives into the solution: High-Assurance Identity Verification. It's a new, multi-layered approach that combines verifying your official ID, using advanced biometrics (like liveness checks that can't be fooled), and analysing digital signals to build a complete and secure picture of identity.

It’s how we build a digital world we can actually trust. Click the link to learn how it works!



The digital world was once a simple kingdom, its most valuable assets secured behind castle walls built from passwords and personal secrets. A username was the key to the gate, and a mother’s maiden name was the secret knock. This model of trust, which for decades formed the very foundation of our...

LLMs are empowering cyber attackers with automated, hyper-realistic phishing, polymorphic malware, and prompt injection ...
24/03/2026

LLMs are empowering cyber attackers with automated, hyper-realistic phishing, polymorphic malware, and prompt injection against AI agents. Defenders respond with AI detection, secure-by-design practices, human oversight, and continuous monitoring to counter this evolving threat.



The digital security landscape has shifted dramatically with the widespread availability of large language models. What was once a domain reserved for skilled programmers and state-backed groups is now accessible to a much wider range of actors. LLMs can write fluent text, generate code, and reason....

AI's rapid rise brings new security risks from autonomous agents and smarter attacks. With 'shadow AI' use growing inter...
23/03/2026

AI's rapid rise brings new security risks from autonomous agents and smarter attacks. With 'shadow AI' use growing internally, organisations must adopt zero-trust security, continuous monitoring, and defensive AI to navigate the evolving threat.




Artificial intelligence is advancing at a breathtaking pace, promising to revolutionise industries and reshape our world. However, this rapid progress brings with it a new and formidable wave of security risks. The very capabilities that make AI so powerful, its autonomy, its learning capacity, and....

AI reshapes security: protect data itself, not just perimeters. Use encryption-in-use, minimise data, secure training pi...
19/03/2026

AI reshapes security: protect data itself, not just perimeters. Use encryption-in-use, minimise data, secure training pipelines, monitor model behaviour, and document for evolving regulations to stay resilient.



Artificial intelligence is no longer a side project. It is now the engine behind product recommendations, fraud detection, clinical decision support, and internal productivity tools. That transformation is exciting, but it also rewires the risk landscape. Data is no longer just stored; it is learned...

The severity of network vulnerabilities is alarming, and organisations are struggling to cope. As modern networks become...
18/03/2026

The severity of network vulnerabilities is alarming, and organisations are struggling to cope. As modern networks become more nimble, diverse and big, the attack surface becomes more expansive and fierce.



The severity of network vulnerabilities is alarming, and organisations are becoming overwhelmed. In 2019, a total of 17,313 new vulnerabilities were disclosed—this means that security teams had to deal with 47 new vulnerabilities every day. As modern networks become more nimble, diverse, and big, ...

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