13OCTOBER2026
Official ceremony
Université Cheikh Anta Diop (Dakar)
Second edition
COLLOQUE CYBER 2026
West African Sub-regional Conference on Cybersecurity and Digital Sovereignty
Train, raise awareness and unite stakeholders for a more resilient and sovereign West Africa in cyberspace.
Dakar, SenegalA welcoming land for an Africa
digitally focused on the future
digitally focused on the future
◆Training
of human resources
of human resources
●●Awareness
community
community
↔Cooperation
sub-regional
sub-regional
◆Security and
digital sovereignty
digital sovereignty
14–15OCTOBER2026
Workshop sessions
Centre de Formation Professionnelle Horticole de Dakar (CFPH)
150 à 250participantsPresidencies, Prime Minister’s Offices, ministries, universities, strategic private-sector actors and development partners.
Why this edition?
Train, raise awareness,
cooperate.
Cybersecurity cannot be reduced to technological tools: quality training, adoption of good practices and the development of a cybersecurity culture are central to the approach.
FROM THE PRESIDENT
“Cybersecurity must be a shared culture, a collective reflex and a strategic priority for our States, our institutions and our populations.”Read the President’s full message →
2026 · OFFICIAL THEME
Developing a training curriculum for public administration personnel and community awareness as strategic instruments to combat cyberattacks in West Africa
Discover the Colloquium →Sub-regional scope
West Africa: 15 countries
Reference sub-regional scope of the conference.
Cooperation
Integration
Resilience
A West Africa
safer
Integration
Resilience
A West Africa
safer
Bénin
Burkina Faso
Cap-Vert
Côte d’Ivoire
Gambie
Ghana
Guinée
Guinée-Bissau
Libéria
Mali
Niger
Nigeria
Sénégal
Sierra Leone
TogoINSTITUTIONAL NETWORK
Our official partners
Institutions and organisations working alongside us for a safer West Africa
