Cybercrime incidents make up a large share of overall crime in Africa, the latest threat assessment by Interpol found, with the global policing body calling for urgent action to close vulnerabilities as the continent’s digital transformation accelerates.
In West Africa, 60% of respondents to an Interpol survey viewed cybercrime as constituting more than 30% of all crime in the region, while more than 40% in East Africa reported feeling the same way. More than two-thirds of Interpol’s 54 African member countries said cyber-enabled crimes were a medium-to-high share of all crime in 2024.
Källa: Cybercrime threat rises in Africa as mobile banking grows: Interpol