IGF 2023 Lightning Talk #20 Cybercrime Capacity Building in Africa - Lessons Learned

Time
Sunday, 8th October, 2023 (05:10 UTC) - Sunday, 8th October, 2023 (05:40 UTC)
Subtheme

Cybersecurity, Cybercrime & Online Safety
Cyberattacks, Cyberconflicts and International Security

Theme
Cybersecurity, Cybercrime & Online Safety

US Department of Justice & UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Anand Ramaswamy - US Department of Justice, Temesgen Lapiso - US Department of State, Sam Hall - UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Speakers

Anand Ramaswamy - US Department of Justice, Temesgen Lapiso - US Department of State, Sam Hall - UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Onsite Moderator

Anand Ramaswamy

Online Moderator

Sam Hall

Rapporteur

Sam Hall

SDGs

16.4
16.a

Targets: 16.4: By 2030, significantly reduce illicit financial and arms flows, strengthen the recovery and return of stolen assets and combat all forms of organized crime 16.a: Strengthen relevant national institutions, including through international cooperation, for building capacity at all levels, in particular in developing countries, to prevent violence and combat terrorism and crime

Format

Joint in-person presentation using slides (20 mins). Q&A (10 mins max). We will likely arrange an evening US/UK reception targeted at African stakeholders (especially those involved in law enforcement) on the side of IGF, at a nearby hotel/venue one day (after IGF concludes for the day).

Duration (minutes)
30
Language
English
Description

Lightning talk (20-30 mins) from US & UK practitioners on experiences delivering a wide range of cybercrime capacity building projects across Africa. Speakers will cover: - Cybercrime capacity building introduction (what is it? why do it?) - Experience delivering capacity building projects in Africa - with specific case studies - Successes (including operational successes as a result of support) - Areas for improvement & lessons learned - Q&A / audience feedback

The session will be simple and accessible for online audience members to follow along, given it is a presentation using slides. We will start the Q&A with online questions - which the online moderator will read out to presenters. We will then move to questions in the room. We will share the slides and presenter contact details to anyone interested in learning more about CCB in Africa. For those online, we will ask for emails in the session chat bar which the online moderator will collect. We will then distribute the slides to those emails subsequently.