Smart Africa

Smart Africa Smart Africa is a pan-African institution aiming to drive the continent digital transformation.

Transform Africa Summit is the annual leading African forum bringing together regional and global leaders from government, business and international organizations to collaborate on new ways of shaping, accelerating and sustaining Africaโ€™s on-going digital revolution. Geared towards connecting, innovating and transforming the continent into a knowledge economy thereby driving global competitivenes

s and job creation, Transform Africa Summitโ€™s aim is to enable Member States to become more competitive, agile, open and innovative smart economies with the most favourable business climates that attracts large-scale investments, reward entrepreneurship and enable fast growth and exports, leveraging ICT innovations to transform African nations into smart societies. The very first edition of Transform Africa Summit held in Kigali, Rwanda on 28th-31st October 2013 culminated in the adoption of the Smart Africa Manifesto document that aims to put ICT at the centre of National Socio-economic development agenda of member countries; improve access to ICT especially Broadband; to improve accountability, efficiency and openness through ICT promoting the introduction of advanced technologies in telecommunication; to put Private Sector first; and to leverage ICT to promote sustainable development. Smart Africa is a bold and innovative commitment to accelerate sustainable socio-economic development on the continent, ushering Africa into a knowledge economy through affordable access to Broadband and usage of Information and Communications Technologies. Smart Africa secretariat is headquartered in Kigali, and made of all African countries adhering to the Smart Africa Manifesto. Its founding members include the African Union (AU Commission, NEPAD Agency, specialized institutions and Regional Economic Communities), International Telecommunications Union (ITU), World Bank, African Development Bank (AfDB), UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), GSM Alliance (GSMA), ICANN, African Telecommunications Union (ATU) and the Private Sector.

Smart Africa convened the 7th Meeting of the African Network of Cybersecurity Authorities (ANCA) at the World Economic F...
20/05/2026

Smart Africa convened the 7th Meeting of the African Network of Cybersecurity Authorities (ANCA) at the World Economic Forum Headquarters, bringing together cybersecurity leaders and representatives from across the continent to advance Africaโ€™s collective cyber resilience agenda.

The meeting focused on strengthening continental collaboration, accelerating the implementation of joint cybersecurity initiatives, enhancing coordination among national cybersecurity authorities, and advancing efforts toward a more secure, trusted, and resilient digital ecosystem for .

Discussions also highlighted the importance of operational cooperation, policy harmonisation, capacity building, and sustainable approaches to addressing emerging cyber threats across Member States.

๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‹๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐šโ€™๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐งArtificial Intelligence is rapidly reshaping econ...
19/05/2026

๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‹๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐šโ€™๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง

Artificial Intelligence is rapidly reshaping economies, governance systems, and public service delivery worldwide, unlocking unprecedented opportunities for productivity, innovation, and inclusive growth. And yet, many of the people responsible for regulating it may never have had the space to understand it deeply enough to govern it.

To address this gap, Smart Africa through the Smart Africa Digital Academy - SADA, in collaboration with GIZ and Certa Foundation, organized a high-level workshop during the West Africa Internet Governance Forum 2026 last week, bringing together parliamentarians from 10 countries across the region.

The workshop equipped parliamentarians with practical knowledge and tools to engage effectively in AI governance, develop informed legislation, and strengthen oversight mechanisms for AI and digital transformation across the continent

As Africa advances key continental initiatives such as the Single Digital Market and emerging AI strategies, empowering policymakers is essential to ensuring AI drives inclusive growth, innovation, and sustainable socio-economic development.



Ministry of Communication, Technology and Innovation

18/05/2026

๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐€๐›๐ฎ๐ฃ๐š ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐š๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐›๐ข, ๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐šโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ ๐๐š๐ญ๐š ๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ.

Hosted by two countries, Nigeria through the Nigeria Data Protection Commission- NDPC and Kenya through the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner, this cross-regional study tour brought together delegates from across Africa to exchange experiences, strengthen regulatory capacity, and deepen collaboration on data protection and digital trust.

Organized by Smart Africa in collaboration with the World Bank Group, the engagement convened policymakers, regulators, and regional institutions from nine African countries for peer learning on regulatory frameworks, compliance mechanisms, cross-border cooperation, and digital security standards.

As Africa advances toward a Single Digital Market, strong and interoperable data protection frameworks remain essential to building trust, enabling innovation, and enabling secure digital transformation across the continent.

On the sidelines of Geneva Cyber Week, Smart Africa Digital Academy - SADA/WARDIP conducted a 2-day Cybersecurity Capaci...
18/05/2026

On the sidelines of Geneva Cyber Week, Smart Africa Digital Academy - SADA/WARDIP conducted a 2-day Cybersecurity Capacity Building Workshop, bringing together 35 representatives from African cybersecurity authorities and partners under the theme: โ€œCyber Solidarity in Action โ€“ Building Trust, Resilience, and Global Partnerships.โ€ The workshop created a valuable platform to align on Africaโ€™s shared cybersecurity vision, strengthen trust among institutions, and explore how global partnerships can effectively support the continentโ€™s cyber resilience journey.

Over the course of the sessions, participants engaged in rich discussions on regional coordination, exchanged insights from โ€œcyber situation rooms,โ€ and explored sectoral resilience across telecoms, financial systems, and national CERT/CSIRT ecosystems. A key highlight was the cross-border cyberattack simulation, which enabled participants to test real-time collaboration, identify operational gaps, and generate practical solutions for stronger incident response across borders towards understanding of Cybersecurity Economics for Emerging Markets.

The workshop concluded with a strong focus on the future, as participants co-created a roadmap for a federated CERT approach in Africa, emphasizing capacity building, skills development, and structured cooperation frameworks. These outcomes mark an important step toward a more coordinated and resilient African cybersecurity ecosystem.

During the Geneva Cyber Week, Smart Africa and RealTyme signed an Addendum to their existing Memorandum of Understanding...
14/05/2026

During the Geneva Cyber Week, Smart Africa and RealTyme signed an Addendum to their existing Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen collaboration in support of the African Network of Cybersecurity Authorities (ANCA).

The partnership aims to reinforce the operational capabilities of national cybersecurity authorities across Africa through advanced security protocols, secure communication technologies, AI security, digital identity protection, and post-quantum cryptography readiness.

The initiative will also support capacity building, technical training, and the development of critical cyber infrastructure, including Security Operations Centres (SOCs), Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTs), and national cybersecurity centres across the continent.

On the sidelines of the Geneva Cyber Week, Smart Africa formalised a strategic partnership with Dataprotect and Cybastio...
13/05/2026

On the sidelines of the Geneva Cyber Week, Smart Africa formalised a strategic partnership with Dataprotect and Cybastion through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at strengthening cybersecurity resilience and digital sovereignty across Africa.

The partnership will support the advancement of national and regional cybersecurity capabilities through the African Network of Cybersecurity Authorities (ANCA), with a focus on capacity building, institutional coordination, cybersecurity governance, the operationalisation of CERTs, skills development, and sustainable digital resilience across the continent.

Smart Africa, en partenariat avec GIZ et ร  travers le Digital Investment Facility (DIF), a organisรฉ hier 11 mai 2026 ร  D...
12/05/2026

Smart Africa, en partenariat avec GIZ et ร  travers le Digital Investment Facility (DIF), a organisรฉ hier 11 mai 2026 ร  Dakar lโ€™atelier de lancement des travaux pour lโ€™รฉlaboration de la stratรฉgie nationale de financement des infrastructures numรฉriques du Sรฉnรฉgal.

Lโ€™atelier a rรฉuni des acteurs gouvernementaux, des opรฉrateurs tรฉlรฉcoms, ainsi que des parties prenantes du secteur des infrastructures numรฉriques afin dโ€™รฉchanger sur les enjeux, opportunitรฉs et mรฉcanismes de financement nรฉcessaires au dรฉveloppement dโ€™infrastructures numรฉriques rรฉsilientes, inclusives et durables, en soutien aux ambitions de la Rรฉpublique du Sรฉnรฉgal.



Ministรจre de la Communication et de l'ร‰conomie Numรฉrique

Last week during the Geneva Cyber Week, our Director of Digital Infrastructure, Skills and Empowerment, Ms. Thelma Quaye...
12/05/2026

Last week during the Geneva Cyber Week, our Director of Digital Infrastructure, Skills and Empowerment, Ms. Thelma Quaye, moderated a session titled โ€œPathways to Collaboration: Advancing Global Cooperation in African Cyberspace.โ€

The panel brought together cybersecurity leaders from across and beyond to tackle one question: how does the continent move from cybersecurity aspiration to architecture?

Countries are building the right infrastructure.

However, trust between sovereign states is the real infrastructure and cybersecurity is the foundation on which the African Single Digital Market will stand or fall.

Our thanks to panelists Mr. Divine Selase Agbeti, Col (Dr) JAMES KIMUYU, Ms. Kerry-Ann Barrett, and Mr. Samuel Famolu - CISSP, MBA and to United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research and the Geneva Cyber Week team.

Smart Africa remains committed to strengthening Africaโ€™s voice in global cybersecurity governance through the African Network of Cybersecurity Authorities (ANCA).

12/05/2026

๐— ๐—–๐—˜๐—ก๐—œ | ๐— ๐—ฆ. ๐—š๐—˜๐—˜๐—ž ๐—”๐—™๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—–๐—” ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ : ๐—จ๐—ก๐—˜ ๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—จ๐—ก๐—œ๐—ง๐—˜ฬ ๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—๐—˜๐—จ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—™๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐——๐—˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—” ๐—š๐—จ๐—œ๐—ก๐—˜ฬ๐—˜

Le Ministรจre de la Communication, de lโ€™ร‰conomie Numรฉrique et de lโ€™Innovation invite les jeunes filles guinรฉennes รขgรฉes de 13 ร  21 ans ร  participer ร  lโ€™รฉdition 2026 du concours continental ๐— ๐˜€. ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ ๐—”๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ, initiรฉ par Smart Africa.

Ouvert aux pays membres de Smart Africa, parmi lesquels figure la Guinรฉe, ce concours offre aux jeunes filles lโ€™opportunitรฉ de proposer des solutions innovantes basรฉes sur lโ€™intelligence artificielle pour rรฉpondre aux dรฉfis rencontrรฉs par les femmes, les filles et les communautรฉs africaines.

Au-delร  du concours, Ms. Geek Africa constitue un espace de visibilitรฉ, dโ€™apprentissage et dโ€™accompagnement pour les jeunes talents africains de la tech, avec ร  la clรฉ du mentorat, des opportunitรฉs de rรฉseautage et une participation au Transform Africa Summit 2026.

๐—ง๐˜‚ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒฬ๐—ฒ ? ๐—จ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐˜ ? ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒฬ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—นโ€™๐—œ๐—” ?
Cโ€™est le moment de faire entendre ta voix ร  lโ€™รฉchelle africaine.

๐——๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ : ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ป ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ

Plus dโ€™informations :https://smartafrica.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/FR_MsGeekAfrica_2026_Call-for-Submissions_SAS.pdf

Smart Africa invites qualified academic partners to express their interest in delivering capacity-building programs for ...
12/05/2026

Smart Africa invites qualified academic partners to express their interest in delivering capacity-building programs for Policy and Decision Makers across the continent. The trainings will be delivered in the following formats:

๐ŸŽ“ Online webinars
๐Ÿ’ก Self-paced online courses with instructor support
๐Ÿค In-person / onsite training sessions

๐Ÿ“Œ Click the link for full details and submission information:https://smartafrica.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/TOR-for-Academic-Partners-to-deliver-online-webinars.pdf

๐’๐ญ๐ž๐ฉ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐Œ๐ฌ. ๐†๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”!Girls and young women aged ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘โ€“๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐’๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ are i...
12/05/2026

๐’๐ญ๐ž๐ฉ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐Œ๐ฌ. ๐†๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”!

Girls and young women aged ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘โ€“๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐’๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ are invited to submit innovative Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered solutions tackling real challenges faced by women, girls, and communities across Africa

Showcase your creativity, receive expert mentorship, win exciting prizes, and gain continental visibility at one of Africaโ€™s biggest tech platforms, the Transform Africa Summit (TAS) 2026!

Click the link for full application details: https://smartafrica.org/miss-geek-africa-2026-call-for-applications/

โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”

Les filles et les jeunes femmes รขgรฉes de ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘ ๐šฬ€ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ฌ ๐„ฬ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ž ๐’๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š sont invitรฉes ร  proposer des solutions innovantes basรฉes sur l'intelligence artificielle (IA) pour relever les dรฉfis concrets auxquels sont confrontรฉes les femmes, les filles et les communautรฉs ร  travers l'Afrique.

Mettez en avant votre crรฉativitรฉ, bรฉnรฉficiez du mentorat d'experts, remportez des prix exceptionnels et gagnez en visibilitรฉ ร  l'รฉchelle continentale lors de l'un des plus grands รฉvรฉnements technologiques d'Afrique, le Transform Africa Summit (TAS) 2026 !

Cliquez sur le lien pour obtenir tous les dรฉtails concernant la candidature: https://smartafrica.org/fr/ms-geek-africa-2026-appel-a-candidatures/

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