The Conference

Collective mobilisation for digital sovereignty

West Africa is undergoing an unprecedented digital transformation. Public administrations, businesses, universities, banks, ports, airports, hospitals and citizens increasingly depend on digital technologies for development and competitiveness.

This transformation brings immense opportunities, but also growing risks from cyberattacks, cybercrime and the vulnerability of our strategic infrastructure.

In response to these challenges, the Centre for Research and Studies for Development in Africa (CREDA) has taken the initiative to organise the Second West African Cybersecurity Conference under the theme: “Developing a regional training curriculum and community awareness: strategic tools to prevent and combat cyberattacks in West Africa”.

Our conviction is simple: cybersecurity cannot be the concern of experts alone, whose valuable efforts deserve recognition; it must become a shared culture, a collective reflex and a strategic priority for our States, institutions and communities.

The best protection against digital threats remains training and awareness at every level.

This conference is designed as a forum for reflection, consultation and action, bringing together public and private decision-makers, academics, experts, digital professionals, technical and financial partners, civil-society organisations and community stakeholders. Together, we aim to lay the foundations for a training curriculum suited to African realities and to build a sub-regional awareness strategy capable of sustainably strengthening the digital resilience of our societies.

Beyond scientific and technical exchanges, this gathering is a call for collective mobilisation, because every informed citizen, trained professional and prepared institution adds another line of defence against threats to our digital sovereignty.

I invite you to join this sub-regional dynamic of hope, innovation and responsibility. Together, let us make cybersecurity a driver of development, trust and sovereignty for West Africa.

We wish you a successful participation