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- Iran-Linked Cyberattacks Expose Fragility of America’s Industrial Nerve System 10/04/2026
- Iran’s Record Internet Blackout Deepens Civilian Isolation, Fuels Humanitarian Concerns 06/04/2026
- U.S. Blocks Foreign-Made Routers Over Cybersecurity Fears 24/03/2026
- Iran Targeted by Self-Propagating Malware in Supply-Chain Cyberattacks 24/03/2026
- ICANN Probes “Parked Domains” and Zero-Click Redirects Amid Growing Internet Governance Concerns 12/03/2026
Africa ICT Updates
- Africa: West Africa's $150bn Digital Economy At Risk Over Cable Disruptions 21/04/2026[Daily Trust] The West African Telecommunications Regulators Assembly (WATRA) has warned that lack of cable resilience is putting the region's $150billion digital economy at serious risk.
- Nigeria: How Ai Will Change How Nigerians Use Online Casinos 20/04/2026[Premium Times] AI helps sort information and answer small questions before money moves. In a country with 109 million internet users and 38.7 million social media user identities as of October 2025, that kind of assistance can move from novelty to routine before you know it.
- Nigeria: Viral Video - AIG Orders Probe of Misconduct Against Cybercrime Officers 17/04/2026[Vanguard] The Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 7, AIG Victor Olaiya, has ordered a comprehensive investigation into allegations that personnel of the zonal headquarters Cybercrime Section were involved in acts of extortion.
- Africa: Africa's Future Depends On Innovation, Data, and Frontier Technologies 17/04/2026[IPS] Addis Ababa, Ethiopia -- Across the continent, GDP has risen on the back of more workers, more capital and a commodity super-cycle, rather than through genuine gains in productivity and innovation. Too little labour has moved out of subsistence agriculture into higher-productivity manufacturing and modern services.
- Nigeria: Experts Discuss AI Governance, Urge Nigerian Govt to Set Up Regulatory Body 17/04/2026[Premium Times] Experts raised security concerns that Nigeria lacks AI-specific standards to address threats such as fraud, disinformation, data poisoning, and automated cybercrime.