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Past events

Conference· Abidjan

ACRC, strategic partner of Catapult: Inclusion Africa

A week of commitment to a safer, more resilient digital finance in Africa. ACRC took part as a strategic partner in the 9th edition of Catapult: Inclusion Africa in Abidjan, marked by rich discussions, inspiring…

training· Classe virtuelle

Strengthening cybersecurity in the UEMOA financial sector

ACRC ran a cybersecurity training organised by CONOBAFI for the experts of the UEMOA C-CYBERSÉCURITÉ technical committee, as a virtual classroom. With, for ACRC, Mohamed Haalide-Traoré, Aboubacar Yacouba and Christophe…

training· Addis-Abeba

DFS Capacity Building Programme for Central Banks, Addis Ababa

ACRC was represented by Aboubacar Yacouba Maibirni at the final phase of the DFS Capacity Building Programme for Central Banks, a five-day workshop bringing together more than 40 delegates from 14 central banks. He…

Conference· Conakry

ACRC at Transform Africa Summit 2025

Organised by Smart Africa and the Government of the Republic of Guinea around the theme « AI for Africa: Innovate Locally, Impact Globally ». For three days, ACRC's representative Mohamed Haalide-Traoré took part in…

webinar

Cyber Resilience: A Pillar of Digital Financial Services and Financial Inclusion in Africa

This ACRC session was part of Financial Inclusion Week (FIW) 2025, the global virtual forum bringing together the inclusive finance community from 6 to 9 October. With Aboubacar Yacouba, ACRC Information Sharing &…

training· Dakar

Crisis management in financial institutions, with GIM-UEMOA

With cyberattacks on financial institutions on the rise, being prepared is no longer an option but a necessity. ACRC and GIM-UEMOA ran an in-person training in Dakar dedicated to crisis management: anticipating and…

training

Building Cyber Resilience Frameworks for Financial Stability (ACRC, MEFMI and the IMF)

When collaboration becomes a lever for resilience: ACRC and the IMF joined forces to strengthen the cyber resilience of the African financial sector. With Jean-Louis Perrier, ACRC Program Director, and Marieme Ndiaye,…

training· Dakar

“Ransomware Unmasked: in the shadow of hackers” regional training

A regional training on the anatomy of ransomware groups.

Conference· Dakar

Cybersecurity Summer School 2024

The 4th Cybersecurity Summer School was organised by the LITA laboratory and LuxWAyS. ACRC's representative, Aboubacar Yacouba Mai Birni, spoke on panel 3, on security resolutions and measures against the risks of…

training

GSSI-BIF certification: second session

ACRC, in partnership with GIM-UEMOA, ran the second session of the GSSI-BIF certification. A strategic programme for the boards of financial institutions, designed to strengthen decision-makers' skills. Objective: train…

webinar

Boost your organisation's information security with our workshop on Deming

How this open-source tool can strengthen information security and help you comply with ISO/IEC 27001.

webinar

ACRC seminar: the importance of strategic negotiation with cybercriminals

Recording of the ACRC seminar on strategic negotiation with cybercriminals, available on ACRC's YouTube channel.

training· Hôtel Azalaï, Dakar

GSSI-BIF certification: information systems security governance for the boards of financial institutions

Certification programme run with GIM-UEMOA (GIM-Academy) for the boards of financial institutions.

Conference· Dakar

ACRC 2023 Conference for Information and Best Practices Sharing

The conference was held on 23 February 2023 in Dakar, with more than 50 invited participants from the Senegalese financial sector and its key stakeholders. It officially launched the Information and Best Practices…

Conference· Dakar

ACRC conference on information and best-practices sharing

ACRC's first conference on information and best-practices sharing was held in Dakar on 3 November 2022. Following the discussion, a group of CISOs from banks and microfinance institutions volunteered to launch the ISAC…

Conference· Kigali Convention Centre, Kigali

African Finance Cybersecurity Conference

From research to information sharing. The objective of this conference is to initiate and foster a financial sector cybersecurity community at the continental level, connected to international intelligence, enabling…

Announcements

Announcement

Launch of the EAC Cross-Border Payment System Masterplan

ACRC is proud to have contributed to the development of the EAC Cross-Border Payment System Masterplan, an ambitious roadmap to make regional payments faster, secure, inclusive and affordable. The plan, led by the EAC…

Announcement

Launch of the new FitCyber4Africa

ACRC launched a new version of FitCyber4Africa, its free, anonymous, online cybersecurity self-assessment for small and medium-size enterprises.

Announcement· Dakar

Two partnership agreements signed

On 22 February 2023, ACRC signed two partnership agreements: with a Senegalese engineering school of a public university, to foster cybersecurity education, research and development; and with the Senegalese microfinance…

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