{"id":253228,"date":"2026-05-23T06:14:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T10:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/23\/polish-state-development-bank-to-finance-african-cybersecurity-and-drone-project\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T07:15:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T11:15:08","slug":"polish-state-development-bank-to-finance-african-cybersecurity-and-drone-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/23\/polish-state-development-bank-to-finance-african-cybersecurity-and-drone-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Polish state development bank to finance African cybersecurity and drone project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/notesfrompoland.com\/2026\/05\/23\/polish-state-development-bank-to-finance-african-cybersecurity-and-drone-project\/\">Polish state development bank to finance African cybersecurity and drone project<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/notesfrompoland.com\/2026\/05\/23\/polish-state-development-bank-to-finance-african-cybersecurity-and-drone-project\/\">https:\/\/notesfrompoland.com\/2026\/05\/23\/polish-state-development-bank-to-finance-african-cybersecurity-and-drone-project\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-23 06:14:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"notesfrompoland.com\">notesfrompoland.com<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"heading-more\">Keep our news free from ads and paywalls by making a donation to support our work!<span class=\"et_learnmore_arrow\"><span\/><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Notes from Poland is run by a small editorial team and is published by an independent, non-profit foundation that is funded through donations from our readers. We cannot do what we do without your support.<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"max-width: 500px; min-width: 250px; max-height: none!important;\" src=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/embed\/donation-form-248\" name=\"donorbox\" width=\"100%\" height=\"900px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"seamless\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Poland\u2019s state National Development Bank (BGK) has signed an agreement to provide 100 million zloty (\u20ac24 million) in financing for a cybersecurity and drone project in Togo involving Polish IT firm Asseco.<\/p>\n<p>BGK says that the investment is \u201cjust the beginning\u201d of its plans to \u201csupport Africa\u2019s sustainable economic development by focusing on proven, secure and modern European technologies\u201d, in particular those provided by Polish companies.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement was signed in Togo\u2019s capital Lom\u00e9 this week in the presence of Krzysztof Gawkowski, Poland\u2019s deputy prime minister and digital affairs minister, and Cina Lawson, Togo\u2019s minister of public service efficiency and digital transformation.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"pl\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83e\udd1d @BGK_pl  podpisa\u0142 umow\u0119 dotycz\u0105c\u0105 d\u0142ugoterminowego finansowania polskiej inwestycji technologicznej w Togo o warto\u015bci ponad 100 mln z\u0142, zabezpieczonej https:\/\/t.co\/OtjfC09YXs. unijn\u0105 gwarancj\u0105 EFSD+ w ramach Programu Transformacji Cyfrowej w Afryce Subsaharyjskiej. \ud83c\udf0d<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf1 W\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/Tyj7zxInjy<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji (@CYFRA_GOV_PL) May 18, 2026<\/p>\n<p>BGK\u2019s vice president, Marta Postu\u0142a, who was also at the ceremony, said the \u201cstrategic\u201d project is a \u201cwin-win\u201d for both sides, helping Polish firms expand in Africa while boosting Togo\u2019s digital infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, Asseco and Togo\u2019s government established Cyber Defense Africa (CDA), a joint venture providing cybersecurity services to Togo and other African countries.<\/p>\n<p>The new project being financed by BGK will see CDA create the African Drone Company, which will enable Togo to locally design, produce and operate drones for use in various industries and for&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/notesfrompoland.com\/2026\/05\/23\/polish-state-development-bank-to-finance-african-cybersecurity-and-drone-project\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Polish state development bank to finance African cybersecurity and drone project https:\/\/notesfrompoland.com\/2026\/05\/23\/polish-state-development-bank-to-finance-african-cybersecurity-and-drone-project\/ Publish Date: 2026-05-23&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":253229,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/notesfrompoland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Africa-Drone-Company-Signature-entre-le-Togo-et-la-Pologne-Cyber-defense-Africa-BGK-1-1536x1023a.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-253228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cybersecurity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253228"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253228"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":253231,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253228\/revisions\/253231"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}