The AU Draft Convention on Cybersecurity and related activities
The AU Draft Convention on Cybersecurity and related activities
The AU Draft Convention on Cybersecurity and related activities
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FACTS AND FIGURES<br />
• Almost two thirds of all adult web users globally have fallen victim to some<br />
sort of cybercrime, from spam email scams to having their credit card details<br />
stolen. (the 2011 Nort<strong>on</strong> Cybercrime Report: <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> Human Impact study)<br />
• <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> study, of over 7,000 Internet users found that 80% of people believed the<br />
perpetrators would never be brought to justice. Fewer than half ever bother to<br />
report the crime to police.<br />
• Africa: the fastest development of mobile banking <strong>and</strong> m<strong>on</strong>ey.<br />
Ex: Kenya with M-Pesa: 70% of adult transfer m<strong>on</strong>ey each other by mobile<br />
means USD 320 milli<strong>on</strong>, almost a quarter of Kenya’s GNP.<br />
• Africa is currently the social network’s fastest growing c<strong>on</strong>tinent. <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g>re are<br />
also local success stories such as South African social network, MXit which<br />
currently has more than two times the number of Facebook users in South<br />
Africa.<br />
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