AFRICOM

Strategic intelligence with cyber implications

TLP:CLEAR

USCYBERCOM — Joint Force HQ-AFRICOM

Theater cyber operations supporting Africa Command missions

CJTF-HOA Cyber

Combined Joint Task Force — Horn of Africa cyber element

AU-CERT (African Union)

Continental cyber coordination and capacity building

AfricaCERT

Network of national CERTs across African nations

•VEO communications — ISIS-Africa, al-Shabaab, Boko Haram digital operations
•Great power competition — Chinese and Russian digital infrastructure expansion
•Wagner/Africa Corps — Russian paramilitary disinformation campaigns
•Submarine cable vulnerabilities — limited connectivity chokepoints
•Mobile-first population — SMS phishing, mobile banking fraud, telecom exploitation

•Russian Internet Research Agency (IRA) — disinformation targeting Francophone Africa
•Chinese telecom infrastructure — Huawei/ZTE deployments across 40+ nations
•Cyber capacity building — US/EU/AU cyber hygiene and CERT programs
•Commercial spyware — NSO Group, Candiru deployments by African governments

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