ACE is a pan-African consortium of senior cybersecurity, cybercrime, digital governance and ICT policy specialists. Anchored on the continent and led by Africans, we help governments, regional institutions and development partners build cyber-secure, sovereign and prosperous digital societies.
ACE delivers strategy, legal, operational and capacity-building services to African Union institutions, Regional Economic Communities, Member State governments, national regulators, CERT/CIRT communities, and development partners.
Our experts have collectively contributed to landmark continental frameworks — including the African Union Convention on Cyber Security and Personal Data Protection (Malabo Convention), the AU Digital Transformation Strategy 2020–2030, multiple national cybersecurity strategies, and the establishment of national and sectoral CERT/CIRTs across the continent.
Built on African ownership, African context and African leadership — translated into strategies, laws, institutions and skills.
Capacities calibrated to local maturity — never imposed uniformly. Every Member State able to participate meaningfully in regional and global cyber cooperation.
We are Africa-based and Africa-led, with the institutional memory to deliver realistic, costed and actionable cybersecurity outcomes — not shelf documents.
Insider understanding of governance realities, resource constraints, institutional cultures and political dynamics across the continent.
Strategy, law, CSIRT operations, capacity building, M&E and resource mobilisation — integrated, not subcontracted.
Our experts authored the frameworks they now help implement — Malabo, the AU DTS, the Kigali Protocol, the GFCE Africa Hub.
Native capacity in English, French and Portuguese — no Member State disadvantaged by language in consultation or implementation.
Every strategy is costed, sequenced and assigned to a responsible institutional actor — operational reference instruments, not aspirations.
From continental governance frameworks down to incident-response operations on the ground, ACE delivers an integrated portfolio of advisory, drafting, capacity-building and operational services.
Full strategy lifecycle — situational assessment, stakeholder consultation, pillar design, action planning, costing and M&E. Aligned with Malabo, Budapest, the AU DTS and the ITU GCI.
Learn moreDrafting, review and harmonisation of cybersecurity and cybercrime legislation. Our team includes the drafter of the South African Cybersecurity Bill.
Learn moreEnd-to-end support for national, sectoral and regional CERTs — including the national cyber operations centre for a major continental sporting event.
Learn moreProgrammes for law enforcement, judicial officers, prosecutors and technical practitioners. ACE experts have trained 5,000+ specialists through AU networks.
Learn moreContinental and regional ICT policy, internet governance, data protection, cyber diplomacy and the design of regulatory institutions for the digital economy.
Learn moreMapping international funding pathways — World Bank, EU, USAID, GIZ, AfDB, LuxDev — and framing priority actions to attract sustained financing.
Learn moreThrough the combined experience of its experts and its institutional partnerships, ACE has supported initiatives covering all five African sub-regions.
Nigeria · Ghana · Senegal · Côte d’Ivoire · Togo · The Gambia — and the broader ECOWAS region.
Egypt · Algeria · Mauritania — and the broader Maghreb.
Kenya · Uganda · Ethiopia · Rwanda — and the East African Community.
South Africa · Zambia · Eswatini — and the broader SADC / CRASA region.
Engaged through African Union continental programmes and regional partnerships.
Effective cybersecurity governance in Africa must be rooted in local context and resource realities. We bring contextual depth alongside global best-practice frameworks — and a disciplined methodology on every engagement.
Refined methodology, work plan, stakeholder mapping and a structured desk review of the existing policy, legal and institutional landscape.
CMM-based assessment identifying what has been achieved, what has not, and the actions required to advance to the next threshold.
Cooperation frameworks anchored in existing institutional architecture, with tiered participation and ISAC integration where relevant.
Vision, pillars and a disaggregated action plan with maturity clusters, responsible actors, timelines and indicative costs.
Stakeholder validation workshops, a Resource Mobilisation & Financing Plan, and trilingual final deliverables with managed QA.
Foundational pre-conditions are prioritised for lower-maturity actors before advanced operational requirements.
Every recommendation rests on structured gap assessment, baseline data and inclusive consultation.
Action plans specify the responsible actor, indicative timeline and indicative cost for every priority action.
Trilingual delivery — culturally competent consultation in EN, FR and PT.
ACE is built on the credentials of its people — architects of AU instruments, former ministers, national CERT leaders, prosecutors and continental policy advisors.
Founding Partner · Head of Delegation
Mauritanian · Digital transformation & continental ICT policy.
Architect of the AU Malabo Convention and lead author of the AU Digital Transformation Strategy 2020–2030. Former Minister of Digital Transformation, Mauritania.
Founding Partner · Team Leader & Project Manager
Kenyan / UK-resident · NCS design, CMM, CSIRT establishment.
Senior governance specialist with two decades of policy and implementation experience; recognised authority on National Cybersecurity Strategy design.
Senior Cybersecurity Strategy Expert
Ugandan · Continental ICT policy & infrastructure.
Authority on national CERT/CIRT establishment, regional ICT harmonisation and cybersecurity strategy review across Africa. Architect of the Kigali Protocol.
CERT/CIRT & Cyber Operations Expert
Ivorian · Abidjan-based · Incident response, CIIP, SOC.
Senior practitioner in technical operations, governance and public policy. Regional expert in incident response and critical infrastructure protection.
Founding Partner · Coordination & Stakeholder Engagement
Ghanaian · Multi-stakeholder coordination & partnerships.
Technology business and policy professional specialising in cyber capacity-building outreach across Africa. Regional Advisor / Liaison for Africa at the GFCE.
Cyber Legislation & Policy Specialist
Mosotho · Cyber law, policy & AI governance.
Legal practitioner advising governments and corporates on cyber legislation, policy and compliance. Drafter of the Lesotho Computer Crime & Cybersecurity Bill; focal point for the GFCE on Lesotho’s cyber agenda; engaged with the Council of Europe and the ITU.
Indicative of the consortium’s combined experience — continental governance, national CERTs, cybercrime legislation, regional cooperation and digital infrastructure.
Architecture of the African Union Convention on Cyber Security and Personal Data Protection — multi-country consultations and continental coordination.
Read caseLeadership of the Côte d’Ivoire National CERT and operation of the AFCON 2023 National Cybersecurity Operations Centre. Active in FIRST, ANCA, OIC-CERT and AFRICA-CERT.
Read caseDrafting of the first South African Cybersecurity Bill (2024) and review of the Zambian Cybersecurity and Cybercrime Draft Bills (2025) — full alignment with Budapest.
Read caseNot commercial referrals — sustained, senior-level professional relationships built by our experts over decades of continental practice.
All data, assessments and draft documents generated during an assignment are handled in strict accordance with applicable data protection standards — including the ECOWAS Supplementary Act on Personal Data Protection, the AU Malabo Convention, and applicable international ethical norms.
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ACE welcomes enquiries from African governments, Regional Economic Communities, regulatory authorities, development partners and private-sector stakeholders.
For substantive enquiries, please contact Dr Martin Koyabe, Founding Partner, Team Leader & Project Manager.