CyFrica 2020: Accelerating Cyber Security for a Safer Africa
By FF Newsroom · 6 December 2019
Tradepass has launched CyFrica (Cyber Africa Summit) 2020, scheduled to take place on 25 – 26 February 2020 in Lagos, Nigeria.
With technology adoption continuing to rise in Africa and use of digital platforms experts are of the opinion that Africa has become fertile ground for cybercrime. To elaborate, BFSI sector accounts for nearly one-fourth of the continent’s losses to cybercrime, followed by government bodies, e-commerce, mobile-based transactions and telecommunications.
Most African countries have now started proactively taking measures to help agencies fight cyber crime. With that as the background, CyFrica 2020 is a knowledge sharing platform for cyber security experts to come together and discuss the latest challenges, trends, technologies and innovations which help promote and encourage a ‘Cybersafe Africa’.
Focused on the theme, “Accelerating Cyber Security for a Safer Africa”, the event will bring together 300+ IT, Risk, Compliance, Cyber Law, Law Enforcement decision makers, innovators and visionaries from 150+ top companies from across various industries on one platform.
The very exclusive agenda for the summit has been designed with the help of key speakers like
- Prasanna Kumar Burri, Group CISO, Dangote Group
- Vipin Chawla, Chief Technology Officer, Eat'n'Go Ltd
- Igboa Abumere, CISO, Stanbic Bank
- Adetayo Ganiyu, CIO, Nestle Central & West Africa
- Daniel Adaramola, CISO, Unity Bank
- Olawumi Babalola, Country CISO, Standard Chartered Bank
- Kingsley Okonkwo, Cyber Security Advisor and Head of Information Security, Chevron
- Tunde Dada, Head of IT, Vodacom Congo
- Olufemi Olofintila, CISO, Nova Merchant Bank
- Opeyemi Okesola, Deputy CIO, African Alliance Insurance
- Bharat Soni, CISO, GT Bank
- Uday Deshmukh, Head ICT, Enugu Electricity Distribution Company
- Tobe Nnadozie, Group CIO, Wapic Insurance
- Chinenye Chizea, CISO, National Identity Management Commission
- Victor Idonor, Director General, Cyber Security Challenge Nigeria (CYSEC NG)
- Indranuj Choudhury, CISO, Sterling Oil Exploration & Energy Production Co. Limited