Cylab_Africa

We invite you to read a recap of the past year in the Upanzi Network, including our research, capacity building programs, events, and new partnerships. We look forward to expanding our impact in 2025. Happy New Year!

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Cameroon 🇨🇲 are you ready ... 📢 Exciting News! picoCTF-Africa is in Town!
We are thrilled to announce that picoCTF-Africa will be visiting several institutions in the coming days. Join us for an engaging and educational experience in cybersecurity!

Thank you to our friends NJODZEKA ULRICH NDZEREM & Moubarak Mounchili and partners Institut Universitaire de la Côte, IME - Institut supérieur de Management et de l'Entrepreneuriat and Institut Universitaire et Stratégique de l'Estuaire (IUEs/Insam)

picoCTF Carnegie Mellon University Africa

🎉 Save the Date!

Join us this December for the final webinar of the year in the Upanzi Network Webinar Series!

✨ Guest Speaker: Dr. Emily Aiken
📍 Postdoctoral Scholar, Carnegie Mellon University Africa

🌟 Topic:
"Targeting Humanitarian Aid with Machine Learning and Digital Data"

📖 Dive into real-world case studies from Togo and Bangladesh to discover how AI and digital data are reshaping aid targeting in low- and middle-income countries. Dr. Aiken will also discuss key themes like fairness, privacy, and community dynamics.

🗓️ December 4, 2024 at 5:00 PM

Don’t miss this inspiring session! Register now at https://bit.ly/UpanziWebinar

"Digital hackathons are a powerful way to build capacity and drive innovation in digital identity use cases. It’s crucial that identity solutions are designed with inclusivity at their core. Let’s create a future where everyone is included!", Assane Gueye, Co-Director Upanzi Network

Carnegie Mellon University Africa

8 weeks of dedicated innovation culminate in today’s Digital ID Hackathon awards ceremony. Join us as we celebrate Easter Africa’s brilliant minds as they present digital ID based solutions to pertinent problems in their communities.

https://lnkd.in/dezKZazU
MicroSave Consulting (MSC) Modular Open Source Identity Platform (MOSIP) ID4Africa Carnegie Mellon University Africa National ID Ethiopia

Carnegie Mellon University Africa

Innovations in digital ID can improve people’s lives on the continent, and you can be part of shaping this future. Register to participate in the Eastern Africa Digital ID Hackathon, the first of four regional hackathon hosted by the Upanzi Network and MicroSave Consulting (MSC). The event, open to university students in the region, will challenge you to identify new and innovative use cases of digital ID across the continent. By registering, students will also have the opportunity to participate in a virtual self-paced course about digital ID.

Sign up here: https://hackid-africa.devpost.com/

Carnegie Mellon College of Engineeringrecently announced that Giulia Fanti has been named the new Angel Jordan Associate Professor of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Fanti is the co-director of CyLab-Africa.

The Cylab_Africa /Upanzi Network initiative, a collaboration between Carnegie Mellon University’s Carnegie Mellon University CyLab's Security and Privacy Institute and CMU-Africa, aims to improve the cybersecurity of digital systems in Africa and other emerging economies. CyLab researchers from CMU-Africa and CMU-Pittsburgh are studying the security, privacy, and equity of digital tools and services in Africa through a combination of research, education, and public outreach.

Read more: https://bit.ly/FantiNamedAngelJordanAssociateProfessor

Security by design is essential for software resilience. Upanzi Network researchers analyzed 36 open-source health software used globally. unfortunately, 83% of these systems contained exposed passwords, private keys, authentication tokens, and other secrets in codes, violating the principles of secure defaults.

https://www.africa.engineering.cmu.edu/news/2024/06/12-health-systems.html

Protecting software secrets in medical systems A team from the Upanzi Network at Carnegie Mellon University Africa found that 83 percent of digital square global goods used in the health sector included secrets that were at risk of being exposed.

is an educational cybersecurity program run by Carnegie Mellon University CyLab. This year, thousands of students across Africa competed in the annual competition, and the winners were recognized on May 14th.

While still part of the greater annual competition, several regions, such as Africa, have their own leaderboards so participants from the same region can more directly compete with one another. The African leaderboard is in its third year, and the African teams are already a force to be reckoned with: the highest-scoring teams of the African leaderboard also scored within the top 50 teams of the overall competition. Of the over 18,000 participants in the international competition this year, 1,500 were from African countries.

"We are proud to see the picoCTF-Africa competition gaining popularity across the continent," says Assane Gueye, co-director of Cylab_Africa/Upanzi Network. "This year, the CyLab-Africa team worked with high schools and universities across the continent, including Rwanda, Ethiopia, Sierra Leone, Benin, Uganda, and Botswana. They saw incredible interest from these areas and we look forward to seeing the competition continue to grow."

Learn more about the competition and program which supports cybersecurity education in Africa with the link in the bio.

May 14 2024 picoCTF-Africa Award Ceremony program is out
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picoCTF-Africa 2024 Awards Ceremony picoCTF-Africa 2024 Awards Ceremony - Carnegie Mellon University Africa

Attention, hackers and learners!

The picoCTF 2024 competition is officially live!
Whether you’re a seasoned code ninja or a curious beginner, this is your chance to dive into the world of cybersecurity.

From March 12th until March 26th, the challenges await!

15 days left to start of picoCTF 2024… Register today! 🚀🔐
For more information and registration, visit pur registration guide. Let’s learn & hack together! 💻🌍- https://africa.engineering.cmu.edu/research/cybersecurity/cylab/picoctf-guide.html