Africa’s Cybersecurity Leaders Convene in Rabat for the Inaugural ANCA Executive Leadership Program – The North Africa Post

Rabat is hosting the inaugural edition of the African Network of Cybersecurity Authorities’ Executive Leadership Program from June 1 to 5, 2026, bringing together senior government officials, public sector decision-makers, cybersecurity experts, and representatives of regional and international organizations around the continent’s most pressing digital security challenges. The event is organized by ANCA-CERT — the operational arm of the African Network of Cybersecurity Authorities — with the support of Morocco’s Direction Générale de la Sécurité des Systèmes d’Information (DGSSI) and in partnership with the Smart Africa Digital Academy.

General Abdellah Boutrig, Vice-President of ANCA and Director General of the DGSSI, opened the program by framing cybersecurity as both a technical imperative and a strategic sovereignty question. “As our administrations and economies transform, our collective capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to cyber threats becomes a determining factor of resilience,” he told participants, adding that no country can face the full range of cyber threats alone. Morocco, he confirmed, will continue to support the ANCA-CERT — whose permanent seat it hosts — and to develop the skills, protection of information systems, and digital resilience of the African continent as a whole.
The Kingdom of Morocco, true to its African vocation, will continue to support all initiatives aimed at enhancing the protection of information systems, developing skills and strengthening the continent’s cyber resilience, General Abdellah Boutrig insisted.
This approach is fully in line with the vision of cooperation and solidarity championed by King Mohammed VI in favor of a more integrated, more resilient Africa that is in control of its own development, he stressed, urging national cybersecurity agencies to play a central role, particularly as they constitute the pillars of cyber governance in their respective countries and the leading…

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