Official handover Ceremony for the Digital Investigation Laboratory Equipment in Burkina Faso and Launch of the cybersecurity awareness campaign.
28 Mar, 2021|
Strengthening cybersecurity and the fight against cybercrime in West Africa: Official handover Ceremony for the Digital Investigation Laboratory Equipment in Burkina Faso and Launch of the cybersecurity awareness campaign.
Abuja, March 24, 2021 The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) revolution has radically changed the world through the automation of tasks. They have become de facto essential for sustainable development, especially in the productivity of the economy. However, they have also given rise to the emergence of new forms of criminality linked to their uses. According to several studies, cybercrime costs the global economy more than 500 billion dollars each year. Thus, the financial damage suffered by Burkina Faso due to cybercrime activities is estimated at more than one (01) billion FCFA according to the 2020 statistics of the Central Brigade Against Cybercrime. With a view to providing a response to the strong growth of cybercrime in its area and to support its member countries, the ECOWAS Commission initiated the project “Organized crime: West Africa’s response to cybersecurity and the fight against cybercrime” (OCWAR-C). This project aims to contribute to the strengthening of cybersecurity and the fight against cybercrime in West Africa. To this end, Burkina Faso is the beneficiary of a batch of important specific equipment for its Digital Investigation Laboratory in order to strengthen the capacities of its specialized unit in charge of combating cybercrime and of series of sensitizations on issues of cybersecurity and cybercrime. Expertise France, the international technical cooperation agency responsible for implementing the project works closely with the ECOWAS Commission and the various actors involved in the field (Ministries in charge of the digital economy, security, justice, agencies such as ANSSI. |
