Global Voice Group, a global IT solutons provider for governments and regulatory authorites in emerging countries, organizes a round table dedicated to the means of fostering cybersecurity in Africa, as part of Africa CEO Forum to be held on 9 and 10 March in Abidjan (Ivory Coast).

Global Voice Group (GVG) will partcipate in the 8th editon of Africa CEO Forum, the largest annual gathering of the African private sector, which will be held at the Softel Abidjan Hotel Ivoire under the theme « Capitalism for the many, a new horizon for the African private sector ». GVG’s contributon to the event will take the form of a roundtable enttled “How to Address Cybercrime and Digital Security from Private and Public Perspectves ”, which will take place on Monday 9 March from 4 to 6pm.

This workshop, which will bring together experts from the private and public sectors as well as politcal representatves, will allow for the decoding of the growing threat African governments, companies and citzens are facing in a digital environment made increasingly complex by the convergence of mobile and Internet services. Africa being the most vulnerable contnent to digital crime, the discussions will highlight existng security levers, proven solutons and the synergies necessary to serenely embark on the fourth industrial revoluton.

« Ensuring the security of transactons, Internet and devices is one of the biggest challenges public authorites and companies alike are facing. In view of a growing and multfaceted threat, GVG’s solutons, startng with our digital ecosystem security platorm, SafetyNet, aim to reduce the potental threats that
can occur on all digital channels and endanger subscriber security, especially through online fraud and identty thef », said James Claude, CEO of Global Voice Group.

Launched in 2012, the Africa CEO Forum annually gathers some 1800 decision-makers from the largest African companies, internatonal investors, multnatonal executves, Heads of State, ministers and representatves of the main fnancial insttutons that are actve throughout the contnent. As a forum for
high-level meetngs, the sharing of experiences and the analysis of the trends afectng the business world, this fagship economic event is commited to ofering concrete and innovatve solutons to dynamically, yet securely, drive the contnent’s economy and digital transformaton. Its 2020 editon will highlight the role of African capitalism in these tmes of digital disrupton and global and politcal uncertaintes.

About Global Voice Group
Founded in 1998, with its main ofces in Spain and South Africa, GVG has rapidly grown to become a prominent provider of world-class IT solutons to governments and regulatory authorites. The company works with governments and State agencies across a number of critcal areas, including telecom regulaton, digital security, mobile money and monetary transactons oversight, electronic tax solutons and revenue mobilizaton. Overall, GVG assists governments and authorites in their digital transformaton and the efectve promoton of a compliant and truly inclusive digital ecosystem.