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CYBER COMMAND STRUCTURES ACROSS AFRICAN ARMED FORCES
African militaries are increasingly treating cyberspace as a core national security domain alongside land, sea, air, and space. Rising incidents of ransomware, espionage,...
THE DAWN OF VIGILANT SKIES: AFRICA’S EMERGING AIRBORNE EARLY WARNING CAPABILITIES
Africa’s airspace is undergoing a strategic transformation as a growing number of states invest in airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) systems. Once...
DEFENCE OFFSETS AND LOCAL MANUFACTURING: ARE AFRICANS BENEFITING?
Defence offsets have become a central feature of global arms procurement, particularly for developing economies seeking returns beyond hardware deliveries. Under these arrangements,...
GLOBAL SECURITY WATCH: IRAN–ISRAEL TENSIONS AND STRATEGIC SIGNALS FOR AFRICA
The brief but intense Iran–Israel confrontation of June 2025 marked a turning point in global security calculations. The twelve-day exchange sparked by Israeli...
AIR & AEROSPACE – AIR DEFENCE SYSTEMS IN AFRICA: AN UNFINISHED BUSINESS
By December 2025, Africa’s air defence picture remains uneven, shaped by rising aerial threats and limited capacity to counter them. While a handful...
LAND & ARMY – AFRICA’S ELITE ARMY UNITS: WHO SETS THE STANDARD?
By late 2025, Africa’s elite army units stand at the sharp end of the continent’s security response. From counterinsurgency campaigns to border security...
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER: WHAT AFRICA GAINS FROM GLOBAL DEFENCE PARTNERSHIPS
As geopolitical alliances realign, African countries are rethinking how they secure their borders and how they build their economies. Defence partnerships that once...
AFRICA’S ROBOTICS REVOLUTION ON THE BATTLEFIELD
Across Africa’s conflict zones from the Sahel’s desert plains to the forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo a quiet technological shift is...
AFRICA’S DEFENCE INDUSTRIES AT A TURNING POINT
Africa’s defence industries stand at a critical moment. Although the continent spends over $40 billion annually on arms procurement, less than 2% of...
AFRICA’S DIGITAL FORTRESS: HOW THE CONTINENT IS BUILDING CYBERSECURITY LAWS IN AN AGE OF RANSOM AND ESPIONAGE
From Cape Town to Cairo, African governments are racing to enact cybersecurity legislation that would have been unthinkable a decade ago. By November...
