Reimagining Global Cybersecurity Governance through African Lenses

Critical Reflections, Regional Realities, and Policy Pathways for an Inclusive Digital Future
Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-3-032-39092-9
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 59 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm

Reihe: SpringerBriefs in Information Security and Cryptography

 examines cybersecurity as a governance challenge shaped by unequal distributions of power, responsibility, and authority in cyberspace. Drawing on cybersecurity, international relations, and governance scholarship, the book critically assesses prevailing approaches to global cybersecurity governance and argues that existing frameworks often fail to adequately reflect the interests, capacities, and realities of African states and the wider Global South. Through the conceptual framework of Cyber-Giants and Cyber-Pygmies, the book explores how cyber power is distributed, exercised, and contested within the international system.

The book further examines contemporary developments reshaping cybersecurity governance, including cyber-enabled warfare, artificial intelligence, digital sovereignty, cloud infrastructure, and the growing influence of private technology companies. Using examples ranging from the Russia–Ukraine conflict to emerging debates on AI governance and digital dependence, it demonstrates how cybersecurity increasingly intersects with geopolitics, economic competition, and international security. By advancing an African-centered perspective, the book contributes to ongoing discussions on how a more inclusive, accountable, and resilient system of global cyber governance can be achieved.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ndibwile, Jema David

Lule, Joseph

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Kybernetik, Systemtheorie, Komplexe Systeme
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Internationales Management
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Technische Informatik Computersicherheit Kryptographie, Datenverschlüsselung
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Computerkommunikation & -vernetzung Netzwerksicherheit
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Informationstheorie, Kodierungstheorie
• Technische Wissenschaften Elektronik | Nachrichtentechnik Elektronik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.- Concern over Cybersecurity in Africa.- Some Current Attempts to Curb Cybersecurity Challenges.- Why Haven’tWe Managed to Secure Cyberspace Todate?.- Forging the Path to a Protected Digital Realm: Identifying.- Guardians of Cyberspace Authority.- Only Few Major States’ Militaries are Insufficient to Safeguard theInternet, right?.- Cybersecurity After Ukraine: When Cyber Meets Kinetic War.- Artificial Intelligence as a Cyber Weapon and Cyber Guardian.- Digital Sovereignty, Cloud Empires, and African Agency.- Rethinking Global Cyber Governance from the Global South.- Epilogue: Power, Security, and the Illusion of Neutral Cyberspace.- Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Jema Ndibwile is an assistant teaching professor in cybersecurity at Carnegie Mellon University. He previously worked at the Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology as an IT network specialist and a lecturer in cybersecurity.  In assisting to address complex cyber security challenges, his specializations include cybersecurity, military intelligence, applied cryptography, ethical hacking, the psychology of cybersecurity, digital forensics, and cyber defenses. 

Joseph Lule  is a Certified Ethical Hacker with a Bachelor of Science in Communication Engineering, and is the Founder of HULK Global Consultants, LLC (Boston, USA) specializing in cybersecurity consulting, penetration testing, security assessments, risk management, compliance advisory, training, and related technology services.