In Episode 16 of the Cybersecurity & Geopolitical Discussion, co-hosts Phillip Ingram, MBE, and Ian Thornton-Trump, CD, discuss the background and recent events in Africa with guest Lisa Forte from Red Goat Cybersecurity. The trio examines findings from a strategic intelligence report from Cyjax that detail China and Russia's colonial and developmental activities on the continent.
The West’s obsession with counterterrorism, now supplanted by the recent provocative moves by Russia in Eastern Europe, left the door wide open for Russian and China to ‘invest’ in Africa to unprecedented levels after the collapse of the Soviet Union. While it may be true that western nations have been engaged in the global war on terror leading to significant engagements and targeted eliminations in some African countries, their investment in economic development has taken a back seat, unlike the ever-increasing Russian and Chinese presence on the continent.