Leadership (Abuja)
Justus Nduwugwe
17 March 2008
Abuja — Global Network for Cyber Solution Limited, an anti-cyber crime campaign and cyber security solution organisation has unveiled its plan to confront the incessant cyber crimes and piracy in Africa, with Nigeria as primary focus.
Making this known yesterday during a press briefing held at the National Press Centre, Radio House, Abuja , preparatory to its April 10 launch, the acting National Coordinator of Cybersolution, Segun Olugbile, said that the organization would deliver technology empowerment via mobilization of indigenous African IT professionals and IT experts in diaspora.
The acting coordinator said that the organization is to create African-wide anti-cyber-crime campaign and cyber-security solution to help African countries to secure globally their information technology systems and infrastructure connectivity with the global information system infrastructures.
He also said that the organisation was private sector driven and would be partnering with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to eliminate cyber crimes and piracy in the country.
In his words, "We want to deliver cyber-security technology empowerment via mobilisation of indigenous African information technology professionals and experts in Diaspora, necessary to provide a safe and a secure cyberspace for the nations of Africa , for African enterprises and government institutions.
"We strongly desire to achieve this mission through our cyber-security analysis-based research and development, African cyber-security globally certified solutions, cyber-security empowerment training, and annual international conference on cyber-security.
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