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Zawya
06-03-2025
- Business
- Zawya
Kaspersky and Smart Africa forge strategic partnership to bolster cybersecurity in Africa
In a move to enhance digital security on the African continent, Kaspersky ( has signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Smart Africa. This landmark agreement is set to drive collaborative efforts aimed at expanding cybersecurity capabilities throughout Africa. The partnership focuses on building essential cybersecurity skills via training programs, including those offered by the Kaspersky Academy ( — an international educational venture established in 2010 with a mission to drive the best cybersecurity education to build a safer digital world. Another major focus of the partnership will be addressing gender disparities by supporting initiatives that empower girls and women in the fields of cybersecurity, STEM, and ICT, which is a continuation of Kaspersky's efforts aimed at empowering female professionals ( in IT and attracting more women in the field. In addition to human capacity development, the collaboration aims to standardise cybersecurity policies by pooling both organisations to create harmonised regional and national frameworks. 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. Moreover, the initiative is geared towards strengthening technological defenses. This includes establishing critical cyber infrastructures such as security operation centers and computer emergency response teams, as well as offering expert technical consulting to prevent and mitigate the effects of cybercrime. Lacina Koné, CEO of Smart Africa, commented: 'This MoU marks a significant milestone in our quest to secure Africa's digital future. 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.' Eugene Kaspersky, founder and CEO of Kaspersky, noted: 'Our strategic partnership with Smart Africa is designed to help create a more secure cyberspace across the continent and beyond. 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." This partnership reflects Kaspersky's commitment to a collaborative approach in creating a more safe and secure digital space by building strategic partnerships helping to enhance efforts aimed at boosting the global cyber resilience. It also builds on the momentum of the recently established African Network of Cybersecurity Authorities (ANCA), a collaborative initiative designed by Smart Africa to bring together cybersecurity authorities from African countries to address the growing challenges posed by cyber threats and crimes. Together with Smart Africa's unwavering commitment to building a secure, inclusive, and digitally empowered continent, the joint cooperation is poised to address the evolving challenges of the cyber world and position Africa as a model of digital security innovation. Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Kaspersky. For further information please contact: Nicole Allman INK&Co.( nicole@ Follow us: Facebook: X: Youtube: Instagram: Blog: About Kaspersky: Kaspersky is a global cybersecurity and digital privacy company founded in 1997. With over a billion devices protected to date from emerging cyberthreats and targeted attacks, Kaspersky's deep threat intelligence and security expertise is constantly transforming into innovative solutions and services to protect businesses, critical infrastructure, governments and consumers around the globe. The company's comprehensive security portfolio includes leading endpoint protection, specialized security products and services, as well as Cyber Immune solutions to fight sophisticated and evolving digital threats. We help over 200,000 corporate clients protect what matters most to them. Learn more at About Smart Africa: Smart Africa is an alliance of African countries, international organizations, and global private sector players tasked with advancing Africa's digital transformation agenda. Empowered by a bold and innovative commitment from African Heads of State, the alliance aims to accelerate sustainable socio-economic development on the continent and usher Africa into the knowledge economy through affordable access to broadband and the use of ICTs. With a vision to create a single digital market in Africa by 2030, Smart Africa brings together member states to accelerate the digitalization of the continent and create a common market. Launched in 2013 by seven African Heads of State, the alliance now has 40 member countries, representing over 1 billion people and over 50 private sector members committed to the vision and advancement of Africa.
Zawya
17-02-2025
- Business
- Zawya
Kaspersky endorses UN's Global Digital Compact
To enhance global efforts aimed at making the digital world safe and secure, Kaspersky has joined the ranks of organizations endorsing the vision of the United Nations' Global Digital Compact. This framework sets out objectives and principles that participating parties will use to foster a more inclusive, open and sustainable digital future. As a Compact supporter, Kaspersky will continue to deliver on its mission of building a safer world where people are free to use the power of digital technologies to improve their lives. The Global Digital Compact is a comprehensive framework for global governance of digital technology and artificial intelligence. Laying out a roadmap for cooperation to activate the potential of digital technology, the document promotes a global and inclusive effort and encourages organizations and associations to endorse its vision and principles. The Compact is structured around five major objectives, namely: Ensuring that digitalization is accelerating progress in achieving Sustainable Development Goals; Expanding inclusion in and benefits from the digital economy; Fostering a digital space that respects and protects human rights; Advancing responsible data governance approaches; Enhancing international governance of artificial intelligence for the benefit of all. By joining the Compact, Kaspersky reaffirms its commitment to make our world more sustainable by minimizing cyber risks and leading society toward immunity against digital threats. With digital literacy improvement being one of the key action areas to this end, Kaspersky will continue raising cybersecurity awareness among the general public by releasing cybersecurity research and developing its educational initiatives, including those run by Kaspersky Academy. To provide a more profound knowledge on security evaluation, Kaspersky will continue advancing its Expert Training programs so that they correspond to the needs of businesses, government and academic institutions. Fostering an inclusive, open, safe and secure digital space requires a multi-faceted approach, taking into account numerous aspects ranging from internet governance to digital trust and security. As an early digital trust pioneer, Kaspersky continues to lead in this area by expanding its Global Transparency Initiative (GTI) to demonstrate the trustworthiness of the company's products, internal processes and business operations. Allowing trusted partners and customers as well as regulators to check the source code of its products, software updates and threat detection rules, Kaspersky contributes to the formation of a reliable and secure digital space. Kaspersky has also been a frequent contributor to the process of drafting legislation, policies and other documents that aim to bring cybersecurity considerations to the development of emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence. Just recently, as part of the 2024 UN Internet Governance Forum, Kaspersky presented 'Guidelines for Secure Development and Deployment of AI Systems,' prior to which it set out 'Principles of ethical use of AI systems in cybersecurity' to ensure that innovation is led to the benefit of all. ' Kaspersky has been a great supporter of global initiatives encouraging cooperation of diverse stakeholders, including governments, the private sector and civil society,' comments Yuliya Shlychkova, Vice President of Public Affairs at Kaspersky. ' The Global Digital Compact outlines a vision where the digital technologies act as enablers of a more sustainable world, which is inherent in our company's mission to foster a safer online space by creating secure-by-design technologies. Kaspersky was proud to partake in the Compact elaboration and is pleased to endorse it to make the digital future a future for all. ' Kaspersky was an active participant to the informal consultations and stakeholder sessions preceding the Compact adoption at the Summit of the Future in New York in September 2024. The company has, in particular, stressed the importance of a paradigm shift in cybersecurity and its further development toward secure by design or Cyber Immune technologies, including in the context of AI system development and deployment. Another focus Kaspersky called to consider is the need to label AI-produced content and enhance cooperation among various stakeholders to ensure the AI-driven innovation brings a change for the better. Creating a safer digital world has been Kaspersky's mission and one of its key sustainable development strategies. More information about how Kaspersky is making the digital world more resilient and ensures that people can use technology to improve life on the planet can be found in the company's Sustainability report. About Kaspersky Kaspersky is a global cybersecurity and digital privacy company founded in 1997. With over a billion devices protected to date from emerging cyberthreats and targeted attacks, Kaspersky's deep threat intelligence and security expertise is constantly transforming into innovative solutions and services to protect businesses, critical infrastructure, governments and consumers around the globe. The company's comprehensive security portfolio includes leading endpoint protection, specialized security products and services, as well as Cyber Immune solutions to fight sophisticated and evolving digital threats. 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