On October 3rd, Rwanda’s National Cyber Security Authority (NCSA) and the Cyber Security Authority of Ghana (CSA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding towards building cybersecurity capacity and fighting cybercrime.

The MoU will enable Rwanda and Ghana to share knowledge and experience on cybersecurity as well as provide for joint capacity exercises and training.

The MoU was signed at the official launch of the 2022 National Cyber Security Awareness Month in Accra, Ghana, which falls under the global cybersecurity awareness month, taking place in October of every year to educate the public on the safe use of the internet and technology.

The signing of the MoU between the two authorities attest to the confidence that the two nations have in each other’s cyber security visions.

The CEO of NCSA, Col. David Kanamugire, stated that cooperation is vital to addressing the challenges of cybersecurity.

“Cybersecurity by nature is borderless. The skills involved are not restricted to one area, and the associated threats are not restricted to one territory. The opportunity to collaborate with other nations is one of the key elements of building the necessary resilience.”

Dr Albert Antwi-Boasiako, the Acting Director-General of CSA affirmed that continental security is the solution towards addressing the borderless nature of cybercrime.

“Cooperation has been key to Ghana’s cybersecurity development as we have benefited enormously through exchange of experiences, joint exercises, capacity-building programmes as well as intelligence sharing on cyber threats. Just Ghana being secure alone does not guarantee the security of the continent. It goes beyond just one country, and that is the essence of this collaboration.”