CYBER
SECURITY
in the evolving
space
of startups in
Africa.
"A startup is a human institution designed
to deliver a new product or service under
conditions of extreme uncertainty" - June
21 , 201 9, Startup Lesson Learned, "What is
a startup?" - Eric Ries.
Natalie Robehmed, wrote an article on Forbes
"What Is A Startup?" where she quote Neil Blumen-
thal, cofounder and co-CEO of Warby Parker, who
says that "A startup is a company working to solve a
problem where the solution is not obvious and
success is not guaranteed,"
I'm more prone on the second definition aligned
with what IFC (International Finance Corporation)
stated in "Creating Markets for Start-Ups in Africa"
the challenge for the "Next African Start-Ups" with
a starting note that says "From Cairo to Cape Town,
Africa is full of promising entrepreneurs who are
building innovative companies and helping solve
some of the continent’s most pressing develop-
ment challenges." So startups are here to respond
to those challenges. Bill Gates in his speech at
African Union told that." And it’s not just health. It’s
also education and agriculture.
It’s programs that let farmers sell their harvest
to wider markets – and technologies that let
people transact and store their money digitally.
Anything that gives people a chance to pick
themselves up. Economists call this "human
capital." African countries are facing a lot of
challenges and its aggravated by the very fast
growing population.
Gabriella Mulligan wrote an article on Disrupt
Africa, "1 2 African startups to watch in 201 9"
and in this article we can see solutions for a
variety of challenges that we face in Africa ....
Startups tend to be the answer to all those and
all others unmentioned challenges designing
solutions in a fast ways that large enterprise
may not, majority of listed startups are reached
from a digital or mobile device. Those mobile
devices are a common elements between
corporates and startups making the threats to
startups quite the same or even worse than
large corporates and this highlights the need for
better cyber risk controls within startups.