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.
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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)
Tendani Mulanga Chimboza
Senior Lecturer, University of Cape Town
Scientific Engagement Lead, Cybersecurity Capacity Center for Southern Africa (C3SA)
Charmaine Houvet
Senior Director Africa, Cisco
Arehone Matodzi
IT and AI Analyst, MozFest, Mozilla Foundation
Emmanuel Mkandawire
Networks & Applications Security Officer, Malawi Revenue Authority
Papama Mtambeka
Assistant Lecturer, University of Cape Town
Twambilile Mwalwanda
Team Leader Technical Operations, Emerge Livelihoods
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
Morgan McMurray
Associate Director, Capacity Building
Cyber Statecraft Initiative
agenda
8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. | Welcoming remarks
Tendani Mulanga Chimboza
Senior Lecturer and Scientific Engagement Lead,
University of Cape Town
8:45 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. | Strengthening African cyber resilience through capacity building
Speakers
Wallace Chigona
Professor in Information Systems
University of Cape Town
Charmaine Houvet
Senior Director Africa
Cisco
Ifeoma E. Nwafor
Founder
CyberSecPolicy Girls Initiative
Adam Smith
Southern Africa Cyber Lead
British High Commission Pretoria
Moderated by
Safa Shahwan Edwards
Director, Capacity Building & Communities, Cyber Statecraft Initiative
Atlantic Council
9:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. | Break
10:15 a.m. – 11:20 a.m. | From simulation to reality: How Cyber 9/12 creates career pathways
Speakers
Arehone Matodzi
IT and AI Analyst, MozFest
Mozilla Foundation
Emmanuel Mkandawire
Networks & Applications Security Officer
Malawi Revenue Authority
Papama Mtambeka
Assistant Lecturer
University of Cape Town
Twambilile Mwalwanda
Team Leader Technical Operations
Emerge Livelihoods
Moderated by
Morgan McMurray
Associate Director, Capacity Building, Cyber Statecraft Initiative
Atlantic Council
11:20 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | Closing remarks
Safa Shahwan Edwards
Director, Capacity Building & 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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