Africa Has a Cybersecurity Blueprint - It's Called ECOWAS. Here's What the Rest of the Continent Can Learn.

This article compares four African regional cybersecurity frameworks- ECOWAS, SADC, ECCAS, and North Africa's AMU examining their legal instruments, implementation records, and operational capacity. The analysis finds ECOWAS to be the most advanced, distinguished by binding legal instruments, the EU-funded OCWAR-C programme, and its pioneering integration of cyber diplomacy training within foreign service education. The article draws lessons for other African regions and is written from a Pan-Africanist perspective, informed by the author's postgraduate research in Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics at Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Nigeria.