Africa

Africa faces some unique challenges pertaining to the security of mobile communications. A common misconception is that African networks and Africans themselves are not high […] More

The Cipher Brief spoke with Laurent Elder, leader of the Information and Networks program at the Canadian International Development Research Centre (IDRC), about opportunities and […] More

Ebola may be out of most news headlines, but it has not completely vanished from West Africa.  Although the health situation has dramatically improved, there […] More

A year after West Africa’s Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak, the global health community has begun to evaluate national and international responses. Experts are starting […] More

In an interview with The Cipher Brief, Dr. Josh Michaud, an expert on global health policy for the Kaiser Family Foundation, discussed the lessons learned […] More

The Cipher Brief interviewed Pia Wanek, Director of Humanitarian Assistance at Global Communities, to assess how West African countries responded to, and are being affected […] More

Nigerians were ready for change when they elected former military dictator Muhammadu Buhari as president, the first candidate to defeat an incumbent at the polls. […] More

Nigeria is considered a frontier capital market and one of the most important business destinations in sub-Saharan Africa (SSAfrica) along with Kenya, South Africa, and […] More

The Cipher Brief spoke with Dr. Alexandra Gillies, the director of governance programs at the Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), to get her thoughts on recent […] More

The Cipher Brief spoke with Bankole Cardoso, co-founder of EasyTaxi Nigeria, to get his perspective on Nigeria’s emergence as a business hub.  Last year, Cardoso […] More

President Obama departed this week for his first trip to Kenya since taking office.  He will meet with the Kenyan President, Uhuru Kenyatta, and attend […] More