Criminals Are Testing Their Ransomware Campaigns in Africa

The report highlights a surge in ransomware, arguing that RaaS groups increasingly use African nations as low-risk testing grounds before expanding to developed markets; citing an 81% YoY rise in attacks and spikes in banking trojans in Kenya and Nigeria, it references South Africa’s NHLS incident and the continent’s lower cybersecurity maturity, and calls for improved XDR/EDR adoption, stronger national strategies, and West–Africa collaboration to bolster resilience.