Africa 2025

Cybersecurity Awareness Month

1️⃣ Government

African Union (AU) Cybersecurity & AUCYBER

Coordinates pan‑African initiatives (though October observances are mostly country‑by‑country).
Acts via the AU Convention on Cyber Security & Personal Data Protection (Malabo Convention).
2025 Plan: Promoting continental harmonisation, but public campaigns left to national CERTs.

South Africa – Cybersecurity Hub (Dept of Comm & Digital Technologies)

Campaign: National Cybersecurity Awareness Month each October.
2025 Plan: Focus on cybercrime prevention, banking fraud, SME security practices.
🔗 cybersecurityhub.gov.za

Kenya – National KE‑CIRT/CC (via Communications Authority)

Runs Cybersecurity Awareness Month in October, aligned with CISA/NCA global toolkit.
2025 Plan: Public social media drive + school outreach programmes (“Cyber hygiene for youth”).
🔗 ca.go.ke/cybersecurity

Nigeria – National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA)

Operates Computer Emergency Response Team (ngCERT).
2025 Plan: October campaign to highlight ransomware, phishing, crypto‑scams.
🔗 ngcert.gov.ng

Ghana – National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC Ghana)

Campaign: Cybersecurity Awareness Month every October, branded as Safer Digital Ghana.
2025 Plan: Emphasis on child online safety, fintech, mobile money protection.
🔗 cybersecurity.gov.gh

Regional (ECOWAS, SADC)

University of Cape Town (UCT, South Africa) → Participates in national campaign each October, workshops on digital privacy & banking fraud.
University of Witwatersrand (Wits, SA) → Runs cyber awareness days in October tied to government hub.
University of Nairobi (Kenya) → Student cybersecurity awareness club + October hackathons.
University of Lagos (Nigeria) → Runs Cybersecurity Awareness Week with NITDA support.
Ashesi University (Ghana) → Partners with Ghana’s NCSC for Safer Digital Ghana campaign.

Microsoft Africa (Nairobi & Lagos hubs) → Cybersecurity Month webinars, youth STEM tie‑in programs.
Google Africa → Runs scam‑awareness campaigns each October (“Be Internet Awesome” in schools).
Huawei Africa → Sponsor of security awareness conferences in Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana during October.
MTN & Safaricom (Telcos) → Partner in Cybersecurity Month with SMS campaigns on phishing and mobile money scams.

ISACA Africa Chapters (South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana)
- Run local October seminars, professional awareness activities.
Africa Cybersecurity Conference (Ivory Coast)
- Annual October event in Abidjan, largest non‑government cyber awareness forum in W. Africa.
- 🔗 africacybersecurityconference.com
AfriCERT (NGO initiative)
- Pan‑African CERT collaboration. Runs awareness campaigns with AU + civil society.
- 🔗 africert.org
Paradigm Initiative (Nigeria)
- Digital rights NGO, uses October for campaigns on privacy, online safety for youth.
- 🔗 paradigmhq.org
ICT NGOs (Kenya ICT Action Network, South Africa Right2Know)
- Occasionally tie into October CSAM events from a civil liberties perspective.

✅ Summary (Africa 2025):

Government: Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa have official October campaigns (all tied to awareness, banking fraud, child safety). AU/ECOWAS/SADC provide coordination.
Education: Universities across SA, Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana run side‑campaigns & hackathons.
Big Tech: Microsoft, Google, Huawei, telcos (MTN, Safaricom) push October awareness with real consumer reach.
Private/Independent: ISACA chapters, AfriCERT, Paradigm Initiative, Africa Cybersecurity Conference — a more visible civil society footprint compared to the Middle East.