Kaspersky and Smart Africa have signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to expand cybersecurity capabilities throughout Africa.
In a statement seen by Technology Times, Kaspersky says that the partnership will focus on building cybersecurity skills through training programs, including those offered by the Kaspersky Academy, an educational initiative established in 2010.
“This MoU marks a significant milestone in our quest to secure Africa’s digital future,” Lacina Koné, CEO of Smart Africa says. “By joining forces with Kaspersky, we are not only building essential cybersecurity skills and bridging the gender gap but also setting the stage for robust regional cooperation and state-of-the-art cyber infrastructure.”
“By joining forces with Kaspersky, we are not only building essential cybersecurity skills and bridging the gender gap but also setting the stage for robust regional cooperation and state-of-the-art cyber infrastructure.”
– Lacina Koné, CEO of Smart Africa.
Smart Africa says cybersecurity deal marks milestone in quest to secure Africa’s digital future
The agreement aims to address gender disparities by supporting initiatives that empower women and girls in cybersecurity and STEM fields.
“Our strategic partnership with Smart Africa is designed to help create a more secure cyberspace across the continent and beyond,” Eugene Kaspersky, founder and CEO of Kaspersky says. “We see this initiative as a commitment to empowering both individual users and organisations to ensure that everyone can navigate the digital world safely and with confidence.”
Kaspersky says that the “collaboration aims to standardise cybersecurity policies by pooling both organisations to create harmonised regional and national frameworks.”
According to the tech security company, “this effort involves working closely with cybersecurity authorities, law enforcement agencies, computer emergency response teams, industry leaders, and other key stakeholders to ensure a unified approach to digital security.”
The partnership will also focus on strengthening technological defenses by establishing critical cyber infrastructures such as security operation centres and emergency response teams.
The MoU builds on the recently established African Network of Cybersecurity Authorities (ANCA), a Smart Africa initiative bringing together cybersecurity authorities from across the continent.
Smart Africa, launched in 2013 by seven African heads of state, now has 40 member countries representing over one billion people, with the goal of creating a single digital market in Africa by 2030.
Kaspersky, founded in 1997, has protected over a billion devices from cyber threats and serves more than 200,000 corporate clients worldwide, according to the company.
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