Aug 18, 2021--Written by Divine Sufor Anye, Phd. The world has never been as connected or as digital as it is today. From personal devices to complicated industrial systems, digitization is now all around us. Wherever you look, the world seems to be taking on a digital dimension. But where does Africa stand in this... Read more
ANALYSIS featured on AllAfrica.com 3 June 2019 By Ambassador Omar Arouna The digital divide in Africa is real: Three-quarters of the people on the continent do not have sufficient access to the internet – or have no access at all. This has an impact on everyone and in every component of society, from health to... Read more
Apr 3, 2018, Washington, DC--Frank Welffens, Managing Partner at USAFCG, joined the Washington Forum at Voice of America in Washington, DC, and participated in the discussion on information security and Facebook in light of Cambridge Analytica’s scandal. Source: https://www.voaafrique.com/a/4323744.html Discussion Topic: Panic winds at Facebook, following the revelations of data use of millions of users... Read more
Jan 31, 2018 by Ambassador Omar Arouna--Cyber hygiene is the establishment and maintenance of an individual’s daily routines, occasional checks and general behaviors required to maintain a user’s online “health” (security). Cyber hygiene is linked to cyber security. Poor cyber hygiene will adversely affect an organization’s cyber security and, conversely, strong (or weak) cyber security... Read more
Jan 22, 2018, by Ambassador Omar Arouna--When Estonia started building its information society about two decades ago, there was no digital data being collected about its citizens. The general population did not have the internet or even devices with which to use it. Sound familiar? It took great courage to invest in IT solutions and... Read more
Oct 30, 2017--Half a billion US dollars – that’s how much cyber-related incidents now cost organizations in Nigeria each year. The figures for many other African countries are similarly high, estimated at $50 million for Uganda and $250 million in Kenya. But even these figures are likely to understate the problem; most African countries don’t... Read more
