Overview
- Tether and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime announced a multi-country initiative on Jan. 9 to bolster cybersecurity and curb digital asset fraud across Africa with an additional project in Papua New Guinea.
- The program targets Senegal, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Ethiopia, and Uganda, aligning activities with local needs and early rollout through UN and civil-society channels.
- In Senegal, a youth-focused cybersecurity track will deliver learning modules, virtual bootcamps, mentorship, and micro-grants, with training support from the Plan B Foundation.
- Funding routed via the UN Voluntary Trust Fund for Victims of Trafficking will support NGOs that provide shelter, medical care, legal aid, and economic recovery services across the participating African countries.
- A supporting project in Papua New Guinea partners with the University of Papua New Guinea and the University of the Solomon Islands for fraud-prevention awareness and a student competition on blockchain solutions, responding to INTERPOL’s $260 million illicit-flows findings and rapid regional crypto growth measured by Chainalysis.