By Lamin Kujabi
The Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Mr Ousman Bah, on Thursday, August 24th presented to cabinet a paper seeking approval for ratification of the Africa Union Malabo Convention on Cyber Security and Personal Data Protection 2014. This was revealed by Information Minister Lamin SI Jammeh after the cabinet meeting.
Minister Bah remarked that “given the international and trans-boundary nature of cybercrime in general, which constitutes a real threat to the development of information society in Africa and beyond there is a need to implement the convention and to define an African strategy for the security of our cyber space and combating cyber crime in member states”.
The convention, he went, aims to set the essential roles for establishing a credible digital environment and addressing the gaps affecting the regulation and legal recognition of electronic communication and electronic signature.
The Information Minister reported that cabinet has approved for the ratification of the AU Malabo Convention by National Assembly.
The other thing the Minister presented was government cloud policy and implementation plan 2023. The Policy, Mr Bah said is premised on the need for the development of a sustainable Information Technology infrastructure (IT) couple with the need to digitally transform and modernise the public sector.