Programme, ACDF 2024

Join us in Shaping the Future of Cyber Defense as we Enhance Cyber Resilience by Safeguarding Africa’s Digital Infrastructure against Emerging Technology Threats

DAY 1Tuesday 15 October

8:00AM – 3:00PM

Delegates Arrival & Badges Collection

7:00PM – 10:00PM (INVITE ONLY)

Executives’ Dinner Roundtable

DAY 2Wednesday 16 October

8:00AM – 8:45AM

Delegates Arrival & Badges Collection

8:00AM – 5:00PM

Cyberlympics Rwanda 2024

8:00AM – 5:00PM

Workshop and CyberDrill

FIRST

SESSION 1

8:30AM – 8:45AM

Welcome Remarks & Opening Ceremony

Gilbert Nyandeje

Founder & Chief Executive Offier

Africa Cyber Defense Forum

William Baraza

Chairman

African Advanced Level Telecommunications Institute (AFRALTI)

SESSION 2

8:45AM – 9:00AM

Opening Remarks

David Kanamugire

Chief Executive Officer

National Cyber Security Authority (NCSA)

Hon. Paula Ingabire

Minister of ICT & Innovation

Government of the Republic of Rwanda

SESSION 2A

9:00AM – 9:15AM

Photo Session and Break

SESSION 3

9:15AM – 9:30AM

Keynote Address

His Excellency John Omo

Secretary General

African Telecommunication Union

SESSION 4

9:30AM – 9:45AM

Developing Digital Resilience

Anna Wilson

Development Director

British High Commission Kigali

15-minute break: Visit Exhibition Booths and Network

SESSION 5: PANEL DISCUSSION

10:00AM – 10:45AM

Protecting Africa’s Critical Information Infrastructure in the Face of Evolving Technological Threats

Col. Dr. James Kimuyu

Director

National Computer and Crimes Coordination Committee (NC4)

Andy Chadwick

Director of Global Partnerships

Africa Cyber Defense Forum (ACDF)

Meriem Slimani

Standardization and Development Coordinator

Africain Telecommunications Union

Innocent BAGAMBA MUHIZI

Chief Executive Officer

Rwanda Information Society Authority (RISA)

Dr. Zareefa Saleh Mustafa

Manager, Cybersecurity Department

National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Nigeria

Marvin Ngoma [Moderator]

Principal Architect

Elastic, Sweden

SESSION 6: PANEL DISCUSSION

10:45AM – 11:30AM

Securing Cloud Adoption: What Are the Risks And How To Mitigate Them

Mark Orina

Cloud Engineer & African Cybersecurity Advocate

Impact Africa Network

Hendrik de Bruin

Head of Security Consulting SADC

Check Point, South Africa

15-minute Break

SESSION 7: PANEL DISCUSSION

11:45AM – 12:30PM

Building Resilient Digital Infrastructure: Strategies for the Public and Private Sectors

Remi Afon

Chief Executive Officer

Lynsec

Tildy Erlong

Managing Director

TEKORA Advisory

Jonathan Somers

Sales Director MEA

Netguardians, Switzerland

Dr. David Njoga

Head of Cybersecurity Policy and Strategy

National Computer and Cybercimes Coordination Committee (NC4)

Adv. Jacqueline Fick [Moderator]

Chief Executive Officer

VizStrat Solutions, South Africa

SESSION 8: PANEL DISCUSSION

12:30PM – 1:00PM

Building Trust in Digital Government Services: Enhancing Cybersecurity and User Privacy in e-Government Platforms

Patrick Ndjientcheu

Chief Product and Technical Officer

Irembo

60-minute lunch break

SESSION 9

2:00PM – 2:30PM

Strengthening Africa’s Digital Future: The Role of Unified Cyber Regulations and Global Cooperation

Imane Dahou

Cybersecurity, Data Protection and Resilience Services Manager

SIA Partners

SESSION 10: PRESENTATION

2:30PM – 3:00PM

Title of Presentation

Prof. Washington Yotto Ochieng, CBE, EBS, FREng

Head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Interim Director

Institute for Security Science and Technology at Imperial College London, United Kingdom

SESSION 11: PANEL DISCUSSION

3:00PM – 3:45PM

Enhancing Cyber Incident Response: The Role of CERTs and CSIRTs in Africa

Dr. Vincent Ngundi

Ag. Director, Cyber Security & Head of National Cybersecurity Centre

Communications Authority of Kenya (CA)

Amos Kamugabirwe

Head

RW-CSIRT/CERT

Abdullahi Guled

Head of Cybersecurity

Ministry of Communications and Technology of Somalia

Marcus Adomey [Moderator]

Operations Manager

AfricaCERT

10-minute break

SESSION 12: ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION

3:55PM – 4:40PM

Head of African National Cybersecurity Agencies Roundtable

David Kanamugire

Chief Executive Officer

National Cyber Security Authority (NCSA), Rwanda

Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi

Director General

National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) Nigeria

Col. Dr. James Kimuyu

Director

National Computer and Crimes Coordination Committee (NC4), Kenya

M. Sabin SOGAN

Responsable Sécurité des Systèmes d’Information

Agence Nationale de la Sécurité des Systèmes d’Information (ASIN)

Boukare Yougbare

Directeur Général

Agence Nationale de Sécurité des Systèmes d’Informations

M. Alberto Wenceslas MOUNGUENGUI MOUDOKI

Directeur Général

Agence Nationale de la Sécurité des Systèmes d’Information (ASIN)

Alex Williams

Cyber Risk Specialist

National Cybersecurity Coordination Centre

M. DIDEMANA Nangbam

Directeur de la Réglementation et du Côntrole de Conformité

Agency Nationale de la Cybersecurite

Lourino Chemane

Cyber Risk Specialist

National Cybersecurity Coordination Centre

5-minute break

SESSION 14: PANEL DISCUSSION

4:45PM – 5:30PM

Cybersecurity Research and Workforce Development in Africa

Adv. Jacqueline Fick

Chief Executive Officer

VizStrat Solutions, South Africa

Philip Aiwekhoe

Chief Information Security Officer

NPF Microfinance Bank ,Nigeria

Prof. Dickson Andala

Chief Executive Officer

National Research Fund, Kenya

Prof. Assane Gueye

Associate Professor

CMU Africa, Rwanda

Dr. Martin Koyabe [Moderator]

Senior Project Manager | Lead

AU-GFCE Coordination, United Kingdom

SESSION 15: PRESENTATION

5:30PM – 5:55PM

Unified Approach to Security Operations Leveraging Artificial Intelligence

Kennedy Okello

Group Chief Technology officer

Enovise Group

Award Ceremony

5:55PM – 6:15PM

Rwanda National Cyberlympics Winners Awards
CyberGen Program Excellence Award, Rwanda

DAY 3Thursday 17 October

8:00AM – 9:00AM

Registration & Badges Collection

SESSION 1: PRESENTATION

9:00AM – 9:30AM

The Dual-Edged Sword: Generative AI In Security

Marvin Ngoma

Principal Solutions Architect

Elastic, Sweden

SESSION 2: PANEL DISCUSSION & TABLETOP SIMULATION EXERCISE

9:35AM – 10:20AM

Ransomware Attack Targeting a Multinational Financial Institution with Branches across Africa

Isaac Akatukunda

Manager of IT Security Operations

Stanbic Bank, Uganda

Emmanuella Nzahabonimana

Head of IT and Cybersecurity

BPR Bank Rwanda PLC

Lazaro Kabyemera

Head of Cybersecurity

CRDB Bank PLC, Tanzania

Audrey Mnisi

Board Member

FIRST

Patricia Rotich [Moderator]

Senior Manager Cyber Defense

Safaricom, Kenya

10-minute break: Visit Exhibition Booths and Network

SESSION 3: PANEL DISCUSSION

10:30AM – 11:15AM

Emerging Technology Challenges and Supply Chain Security

Eugenia Aba Moses

Cybersecurity Expert

Ghana

Louis Ndayizeye

ICT and Innovation Director

African Quantitative Sciences (AQS), Rwanda

Emmanuella Nzahabonimana

Head of IT and Cybersecurity

BPR Bank Rwanda PLC

Jerome Okot [Moderator]

Chief Operations Officer

Milima Security

SESSION 5: PRESENTATION

11:40AM – 12:05PM

Emergence and Prevalence of Stealer Malware in Africa

Oluwole Onakanmi

SOC Manager

Cybersoc Africa, Kenya

SESSION 6: PRESENTATION

12:05PM – 12:30PM

Designing Secure and Resilient Enterprise Networks

Edgar Omollo

Senior Cybersecurity Engineer

Safaricom, Kenya

60-minute lunch break

SESSION 7: PRESENTATION

2:00PM – 2:30PM

AI Risk and Compliance Management ‘AI-RAC’

Olabode Agboola

Information Security and Compliance Analyst

Holman UK

SESSION 9: YOUTH PANEL DISCUSSION

2:30PM – 3:00PM

The Next Generation of Cyber Defenders: Empowering Africa’s Youth for Cybersecurity Leadership

SARO SHYAKA Arlene

Cybersecurity Enthusiast

ACDF CyberGen Alumna

Sadrah Irasubiza

Managing Director and Co-founder

NetFella

Ali NENGO

Software and Quality Assurance Engineer

Digital Umuganda Ltd

Godwin Esther [Moderator]

Coordinator

Rwanda’s Fintech Professionals Network

SESSION 10: PRESENTATION

3:00PM – 3:30PM

The AI Advantage: Is Artificial Intelligence Truly Empowering African Startups?

Brencil Kaimba

Senior Vice-President, Product and Learning Strategy

Scratch and Script

5-minute break

SESSION 11: PRESENTATION

3:35PM – 4:05PM

TLP Protocol: Building Trust and Collaboration through Information Handling Codes

Lawrence Muchilwa

Africa Regional Liaison

FIRST

Eric Akumiah

Africa Regional Liaison

FIRST

SESSION 12: PANEL DISCUSSION

4:05PM – 4:30PM

Guardians Of Privacy: The Vital Role of Cyber Security in Protecting Privacy and Data Against Insider Threats