A glance at Africa’s major intelligence agencies In the African regions, North Africa has the longest tradition of intelligence. In Egipt, The General Intelligence Service (GIS) is the main agency and one of the oldest and most influential services on the continent. Responsible for both internal and external intelligence. Among the most sensitive dossiers it…

In many African countries, intelligence agencies are used by those who govern as a tool for social control and repression of dissent. From Kagame’s Rwanda to al-Sisi’s Egypt, the evolution of an apparatus that should serve the state and not those who hold power. It was New Year’s Eve 2014 when Patrick Karegeya, former head…

Investments that are lower by more than half the global average, a lack of coordination and cooperation plans between the intelligence agencies of the various countries. The risk of being at the service of the political elite of the moment. Little attention to cybersecurity. We discuss this with Annette Hübschle, research director of the Global…

The market is expected to reach $700 billion by 2050. However, cybersecurity is a growing concern, with increased attacks and significant losses in countries such as South Africa and Nigeria. Often, regimes use technologies to survey dissent. It was in January 2018 that an investigation by the French newspaper Le Monde revealed espionage activities conducted…