ISS Today: Policing the Fourth Industrial Revolution in sub-Saharan Africa

There’s a hype to the Fourth Industrial Revolution with its disruptive digital technologies that promise to transform our lives, calibrate our decision making with algorithmic precision and satisfy our every craving in real time. But what are its risks, and how do we police this new cyber environment?

At the same time, Africa must be part of the global conversations about establishing “cyber norms”. These provide the base or the “ecosystem” in which the continent can build resilience to mitigate the abuse of technology. Tech was once the preserve of nation states and their militaries. Now it is available off the shelf for anyone who can afford it. On the one hand that is empowering and represents a diffusion of power to ordinary citizens. But because cybercriminals who abuse that resource are not constrained by borders, their actions raise questions of accountability.

South Africa is also still without a law that deals specifically with cybercrime and cybersecurity. The Cybercrimes and Cybersecurity Bill needs to be approved by Parliament before it is enacted as law. Given the transnational nature of cybercrimes, international law should similarly develop to cover them.

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