Ivory coast

In a strategic move that aims to strengthen its footprint in West Africa, Liquid Dataport, a company specializing in network, cloud and cybersecurity solutions, has entered into a strategic partnership with VIPNET, an Internet Service Provider of company in Ivory Coast.

In an unprecedented decision, the Protection Authority of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire (ARTCI) issued formal notice to three companies, namely Yango CIV LLC, Standard Chartered Bank Côte d'Ivoire SA and the Quipux Afrique SA for non-compliant practices regarding the protection of personal data.

The oil operator Foxtrot International, a subsidiary of the French group Bouygues in Ivory Coast, was recently shaken by computer fraud of a worrying scale. For good reason, a sum of $200,000 was embezzled by hackers posing as representatives of the oil services company Fearnley Offshore, a Foxtrot subcontractor.

Searchinform brought together technology industry leaders on Tuesday, August 22, 2023 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, to discuss innovative ideas and solutions to address the complex challenges of cybersecurity and data management.

Cybastion and the Ivorian government signed on Tuesday, July 18, 2023, in the premises of the United States Embassy in Abidjan, a memorandum of understanding carrying out several projects in the field of cybersecurity. This fruitful collaboration with the Ivorian government will enable the financing of several digital projects.

In a joint operation with INTERPOL, the DITT announced on Wednesday July 5, 2023, the arrest of a key figure alleged to be a member of a notorious cybercrime group OPERA1ER.

This partnership aims to bring together all State structures involved in the digital economy on a single site and to secure administration data in a backup data center.