Cyber Diplomacy with Africa: Lessons From the African Cybersecurity Convention (CFR)

Two years ago, the African Union (AU) adopted its Convention on Cybersecurity and Personal Data Protection. The Convention seeks to improve how African states address cybercrime, data protection, e-commerce, and cybersecurity. However, only eight of the AU’s fifty-four members have signed the Convention, with none ratifying it. Despite this currently limited uptake, the Convention, and how the AU produced it, signals that African states value political autonomy and independence when developing cyber policy. The U.S. government should keep this in mind as it reaches out to AU member states in promoting cyber norms and capacity building efforts.

http://blogs.cfr.org/cyber/2016/07/07/cyber-diplomacy-with-africa-lessons-from-the-african-cybersecurity-convention/