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Cybersecurity Capacity Building 2.0 – Bridging the Digital Divide and Strengthening Sustainable Development
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Cybersecurity Capacity Building 2.0 – Bridging the Digital Divide and Strengthening Sustainable Development
Aims: (i) increase cyber capacities through development and aid projects; (ii) provide advice for how developing countries can establish CCB programmes and utilize private sector expertise; (iii) identify mechanisms that can be built upon for international cooperation at the diplomacy arena on internet governance and cyber security in the global […]
Support to Nigeria’s Cybercrime Bill
This project helped inform stakeholders and policy makers about the challenges of cyber security and the content of Nigeria’s proposed ‘Cybercrime Bill, 2014’.
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Africa Regional Cybercrime Training at Interpol’s Africa Working Group 2015
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Africa Regional Cybercrime Training at Interpol’s Africa Working Group 2015
This project supported a short cyber crime training side event at Interpol’s 2015 Africa Working Group (AWG). The AWG was hosted by Rwanda and attended by heads of unit from the police forces of 15 African countries.
Africa Cyber Fellows Network with Meridian
This project created a network of African cyber security policy experts who can act as a hub for cascading good practice in key information security challenges across the continent through individual and joint projects. The project design was based upon the Arabic Cyber Fellows network. Furthermore, it will build on […]
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Cybersecurity Capacity Centre for Southern Africa (C3SA)
Beneficiary Countries
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- Research ICT Africa (RIA)
- University of Cape Town (UCT)
- University of Oxford – Global Cyber Security Capacity Centre (GCSCC)
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Cybersecurity Capacity Centre for Southern Africa (C3SA)
The Cybersecurity Capacity Centre for Southern Africa (C3SA) is based at the Department of Information Systems (DIS) of the University of Cape Town, South Africa. C3SA is a consortium between Research ICT Africa (RIA), DIS, the Global Cyber Security Capacity Centre (GCSCC)/University of Oxford, and the Norwegian Institute of International […]
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Increasing e-Participation in West Africa
Beneficiary Countries
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Cabo Verde
- + 13 more
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Increasing e-Participation in West Africa
Activity: To enhance and disseminate knowledge about e-participation practices in West Africa. Aims: How to increase the transparency of the political process, enhance citizens’ direct participation in democratic processes and decision-making, and improve the quality of opinion formation — opening up new spaces for information and deliberation.
UK Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) Advisor to Ghana
This project funded the second half of a one year deployment to Ghana of a Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) officer to provide advice on legal frameworks. The project facilitated the introduction of procedures that allowed video evidence from witnesses outside Ghana to be used in court and supported a multi-stakeholder […]
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Cybersecurity and Cybercrime Capacity-Building Workshops for Commonwealth Parliamentarians, Ministers and Senior Civil Servants
Beneficiary Countries
- Botswana
- Cameroon
- Gambia (the)
- + 90 more
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Cybersecurity and Cybercrime Capacity-Building Workshops for Commonwealth Parliamentarians, Ministers and Senior Civil Servants
Cyber security and cybercrime capacity-building workshops for Commonwealth Parliamentarians, Ministers and Senior Civil Servants: This project supported three regional inter-parliamentary workshops held in Africa, Asia-Pacific and the Caribbean to help parliamentarians, ministers and senior civil servants improve their understanding of cyber security and cybercrime. The workshops covered the role of […]
Support to Nigeria on its Cybercrime Legislation
This project provided technical advice to Nigeria as it developed new cybercrime legislation.
E-Crime Congress
This project brought representatives from eleven low and middle income countries facing serious cyber crime threat to the UK for the annual e-Crimes Congress. The project contributed to establishing inter-regional networks of cybercrime units and points of contact to respond to requests or warnings from international counterpart law enforcement agencies.
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Support to the National Coordinating Working Group on Prevention of Online Child Sexual Abuse
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Support to the National Coordinating Working Group on Prevention of Online Child Sexual Abuse
Target groups Working Group on Prevention of Online Child Sexual Abuse Thematic focus Cybercrime, child abuse Activities Demand driven technical assistance though capacity building Training on a range of measures that could be adopted by agencies to support to victims of child sexual abuse, as well as developing intervention strategies […]
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Technical Assistance to the Uganda National Task Force Against Cybercrime
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Technical Assistance to the Uganda National Task Force Against Cybercrime
Target groups Core members of the national task force who have the mandate to reach out to other stakeholders and the general public. The organisations which make up the national task force are: Police (Cybercrime unit, INTERPOL, community police unit, and the Criminal Investigation Department (CIID) National Information Technology Authority […]
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Regional Seminar on the Harmonisation of Cyberlegislation in ECOWAS
Beneficiary Countries
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Cabo Verde
- + 13 more
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Regional Seminar on the Harmonisation of Cyberlegislation in ECOWAS
Aims / objectives: The objectives were to strengthen the capacity and the expertise of the delegates, to review the current situation of cyber legislation in the ECOWAS region and to discuss the best ways to advance the cyberlaw harmonization process in the areas of e-transactions, data protection and cybercrime as […]
