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News
- 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
- 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.
- Ethiopia: Ethiopia Leads AU Push to Harness AI for Peace While Warning of Rising Digital Threats 17/04/2026[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Ethiopia's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gedion Timothewos chaired a high-level ministerial meeting of the African Union Peace and Security Council, placing artificial intelligence at the center of Africa's peace, governance, and security agenda.
- Nigeria: Albouze - Nigeria's Digital Learning Revolution Is Transforming Higher Education 16/04/2026[This Day] Nigeria's higher education system is undergoing a far-reaching digital transformation through the nationwide deployment of the Blackboard Learning Management System across public tertiary institutions.