Cybercrime

Yahoo Boys scammers dabble in dark magic

Nigeria’s Yahoo Plus Plus scammers kidnap and kill for cybercrime success, leaving the state struggling for solutions.

Cybercrime

Exploitation et abus sexuels des enfants en ligne en Afrique de l’Ouest

Les facteurs de risque liés à l’OCSEA sont répandus et en augmentation dans toute la région de la CEDEAO.

29 / 08 / 2023 by Thi Hoang et Livia Wagner

Cybercrime

Online child sexual exploitation and abuse in West Africa

Risk factors for OCSEA are prevalent and increasing across the ECOWAS region.

29 / 08 / 2023 by Thi Hoang and Livia Wagner

Cybercrime

A growing threat? Online child sexual exploitation and abuse in Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire and Cape Verde

Urgent action is required to prevent devastating consequences for individuals in West Africa.

28 / 08 / 2023 by Thi Hoang and Livia Wagner

Cybercrime

Une menace croissante ? Exploitation et abus sexuels des enfants en ligne au Ghana, en Côte d’Ivoire et à Cabo Verde

Une action urgente s’avère donc nécessaire pour prévenir les conséquences dévastatrices de ces abus pourles individus en Afrique de l’Ouest.

28 / 08 / 2023 by Thi Hoang and Livia Wagner

Cybercrime

Constructing crime: risks, vulnerabilities and opportunities in Africa’s communications infrastructure

As the development of communications infrastructure accelerates, good governance and security are often sacrificed in the interest of a speedy rollout.

07 / 12 / 2021 by Edward Wanyonyi and Lucia Bird

Drug trafficking

With drugs available online, why bother with dealers on the street?

Advances in technology, including in Africa, give the drug trade the secrecy it needs to become borderless, and more lucrative.

Cybercrime

Digital vigilantism and social media: organised crime’s untested terrain

Without adequate regulations, African countries will be vulnerable to the damaging effects of new technologies.

Cybercrime

ENACT Live: Digital vigilantism and social media - organised crime’s untested terrain

Without adequate regulations, African countries will be vulnerable to the damaging effects of new technologies.

02 / 12 / 2020

Cybercrime

Digital vigilantism, social media and cyber criminality

This paper explores the links between digital vigilantism and organised crime in South Africa and Kenya.

24 / 11 / 2020 by Karen Allen and Isel van Zyl

Cybercrime

Wangiri targets millions of unsuspecting Kenyans

Kenyans are at risk of losing money through the ‘one telephone ring and cut’ scam.

Cybercrime

Who’s watching who? Biometric surveillance in Kenya and South Africa

African countries with weak regulation could become testing grounds for emerging biometric technologies.

11 / 11 / 2020 by Karen Allen and Isel van Zyl