On Tuesday, September 9, at 8:30 a.m. ET, the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative and the University of Cape Town Cybersecurity Capacity Center for Southern Africa will host a conversation examining the ways in which education and capacity-building efforts in Sub-Saharan Africa support cybersecurity initiatives and create opportunities for the workforce.
At this event, professionals in the capacity-building space will reflect on the state of cyber resilience and policy efforts in Africa and how capacity-building efforts can supplement them. In addition, past competitors from the Cape Town Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge will speak about their experiences with the competition and how it impacted their careers in cybersecurity and policy.
This conversation will take place virtually on ACTV and YouTube. To RSVP, please register via the registration box on this page.
Speakers
Wallace Chigona
Professor in Information Systems, University of Cape Town
Director, Cybersecurity Capacity Center for Southern Africa (C3SA)
Director, Center for Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D)
Charmaine Houvet
Senior Director Africa, Cisco
Ifeoma E. Nwafor
Founder, CyberSecPolicy Girls Initiative
Principal Partner and Lead Consultant, IEN Legal Associates
Adam Smith
Southern Africa Cyber Lead,
British High Commission Pretoria
moderated by
Safa Shahwan Edwards
Director, Capacity Building and Communities
Cyber Statecraft Initiative, Atlantic Council
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The Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative, part of the Atlantic Council Technology Programs, works at the nexus of geopolitics and cybersecurity to craft strategies to help shape the conduct of statecraft and to better inform and secure users of technology.
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