A new INTERPOL report has sounded the alarm over a dramatic increase in cybercrime across Africa, with digital crime now accounting for a significant proportional of all criminal activity across the continent.
The report, published this week, paints a sobering picture with two-thirds of surveyed African countries reporting that cybercrime represents a medium-to-high proportion of their total reported crime.
In parts of Western and Eastern Africa, that proportion has skyrocketed, reaching or ex