{"id":229127,"date":"2026-06-10T03:52:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T07:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/10\/ghana-hosts-4th-ecowas-regional-hackathon-to-boost-west-africas-cybersecurity\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T04:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T08:00:11","slug":"ghana-hosts-4th-ecowas-regional-hackathon-to-boost-west-africas-cybersecurity-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/10\/ghana-hosts-4th-ecowas-regional-hackathon-to-boost-west-africas-cybersecurity-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana Hosts 4th ECOWAS Regional Hackathon to Boost West Africa\u2019s Cybersecurity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/techafricanews.com\/2026\/06\/10\/ghana-hosts-4th-ecowas-regional-hackathon-to-boost-west-africas-cybersecurity\/\">Ghana Hosts 4th ECOWAS Regional Hackathon to Boost West Africa\u2019s Cybersecurity<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/techafricanews.com\/2026\/06\/10\/ghana-hosts-4th-ecowas-regional-hackathon-to-boost-west-africas-cybersecurity\/\">https:\/\/techafricanews.com\/2026\/06\/10\/ghana-hosts-4th-ecowas-regional-hackathon-to-boost-west-africas-cybersecurity\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-10 03:52:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"techafricanews.com\">techafricanews.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Author: <a href=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p> Using an unordered list, summarize the following article with between 4 and 8 key points. <\/p>\n<p>            It focuses on building practical solutions to address rising cyber threats, including ransomware, online fraud, and attacks on critical infrastructure across the sub-region.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana is currently hosting the 4th ECOWAS\u00a0 Regional Hackathon in Accra, bringing together young cybersecurity professionals from across West Africa for a 48-hour innovation challenge aimed at strengthening the region\u2019s cyber resilience.<br \/>\nThe event is organized by the ECOWAS Commission in partnership with the Cyber Security Authority.\u00a0 It focuses on building practical solutions to address rising cyber threats, including ransomware, online fraud, and attacks on critical infrastructure across the sub-region.<br \/>\nSpeaking at the opening, Ghana\u2019s Minister for Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations, Hon. Samuel Nartey George, urged participants to treat their projects as real-world solutions with potential for deployment. He highlighted that many impactful African tech solutions have originated from hackathons, emphasizing the importance of urgency, creativity, and problem-solving.<br \/>\nThe Deputy Director-General (Technical Operations) of the Cyber Security Authority, Stephen Cudjoe-Seshie, stressed the human element of cybersecurity, noting that skilled and ethical professionals remain central to anticipating and responding to threats effectively.<br \/>\nAlso speaking, Ms. Folake Olagunju from the digital economy sector noted progress in the competition\u2019s evolution, pointing out that this year\u2019s challenges were developed locally by an Accra-based firm, 00SEC\u2014an indicator of growing indigenous cybersecurity expertise in the region.<br \/>\nThe hackathon reflects ECOWAS\u2019 broader push to deepen regional collaboration and strengthen digital security capacity as West Africa\u2019s digital economy continues to expand.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana Hosts 4th ECOWAS Regional Hackathon to Boost West Africa\u2019s Cybersecurity https:\/\/techafricanews.com\/2026\/06\/10\/ghana-hosts-4th-ecowas-regional-hackathon-to-boost-west-africas-cybersecurity\/ Publish Date: 2026-06-10&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":229130,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/techafricanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ghana-18.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[24],"class_list":["post-229127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cybersecurity","tag-cybersecurity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229127"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229127"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":229131,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229127\/revisions\/229131"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}