Africa's Economies Feel Pain of Cybersecurity Deficit

This article examines rising cybercrime across Africa—reporting a 23% increase in weekly attacks in 2023 and emphasizing ransomware and business email compromise—while identifying root causes (digital illiteracy, aging infrastructure, skills shortages), calling for better data and regional regulatory harmonization, and noting AI’s potential to improve detection and response; it also critiques overstated economic cost estimates and urges improved measurement and cooperation.