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- 3 Aug 2026
INTERPOL Report Shows AI Powers 55% of Cybercrimes in Africa Amid $484m Losses
INTERPOL’s African Cyberthreat Assessment Report 2026 revealed that Artificial intelligence accounts for 55 per cent of reported cybercrimes across Africa and making attacks faster, more…
- 24 Sept 2025
Mastercard and Smile ID Partner to Scale Digital Identity Across Africa
Mastercard has deepened its strategic partnership with Smile ID, a leading African identity verification provider, to accelerate the deployment of secure digital identity solutions across the…
- 21 Jan 2026
Banks to Cut Fraud Response Times to Under 30 Minutes
Banks in the country have agreed to reduce fraud response times to under 30 minutes, a move expected to significantly improve recovery outcomes and limit systemic risk, according to the Central Bank…
- 10 Dec 2025
AI-Powered Fraud Drives Global Race for Deepfake Defenses
Reality Defender and 1Kosmos have announced a strategic partnership that will see the deepfake detection firm integrate its real-time deepfake defenses into 1Kosmos’ blockchain-based biometric…
- 3 Jun 2017
Account Takeover, Application Fraud Rising Fast - Study
Two of the largest challenges facing financial institutions are identity-related, according to the new Aite Group Impact Report, Financial Institution Fraud Trends: ATO and Application Fraud Rising…
- 12 Aug 2026
Africa Faces Rising AI-Enabled Cybercrime as INTERPOL Reports 55% of Cases
Africa is facing a new wave of cybercrime driven by Artificial Intelligence (AI), with 55 per cent of reported cybercrimes on the continent now reportedly AI-enabled, according to the International…
- 14 Oct 2024
Artificial Intelligence to Push eCommerce Fraud to $107Bn - Report
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is fuelling the sophistication of attacks across the electronic commerce or ecommerce ecosystem with the use of deepfakes to defeat verification systems being a key…
- 30 Jan 2025
Paygilant Expands into Africa with Sara Pinheiro as Regional Manager
Paygilant, a leading provider of frictionless fraud prevention solutions for banks, fintech companies, and payment processors, has appointed Sara Pinheiro as Regional Manager for Africa. In this…
- 7 May 2025
PAFON 2.0: Tizel Cybersecurity Calls for Vigilance over Surge in AI-Powered Fraud
Tizel Cybersecurity has urged firms in the financial sector to adopt advanced tools, partnerships, and training to stay ahead of artificial intelligence (AI-driven) fraud. Happiness Obioha, Tizel…
- 5 Nov 2025
Mastercard Champions Inclusive Growth Across the Continent @Africa Edge 2025
Mastercard held its inaugural Africa Edge summit, convening leaders from across Africa’s payments ecosystem to explore how collaboration and innovation can accelerate the continent’s digital growth.…
- 7 Jan 2026
Kaspersky Shares AI Cybersecurity Predictions for 2026
Kaspersky experts outline how the rapid development of AI is reshaping the cybersecurity landscape in 2026, both for individual users and for businesses. Large language models (LLMs) are influencing…
- 30 Oct 2025
Deepfakes: The Next Human Vulnerability for Businesses?
By Ben Jacob, Tech Lead EMEA, Sophos Red Team at Sophos Synthetic audio and video generation technologies, known as deepfakes, have reached a critical threshold. Once mostly limited to social media…