--- title: Digital sovereignty on the agenda at Africa... description: The Africa Cybersecurity Indaba 2026, hosted in partnership with South Africa's department of communications & digital technologies, will bring together... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/digital-sovereignty-on-the-agenda-at-africa-cybersecurity-indaba-i66v338ab twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Digital sovereignty on the agenda at Africa Cybersecurity Indaba | daily.dev og:description: The Africa Cybersecurity Indaba 2026, hosted in partnership with South Africa's department of communications & digital technologies, will bring together... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/digital-sovereignty-on-the-agenda-at-africa-cybersecurity-indaba-i66v338ab og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/i66v338aB.png og:image:alt: Digital sovereignty on the agenda at Africa Cybersecurity Indaba og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Digital sovereignty on the agenda at Africa Cybersecurity Indaba **[TechCentral](https://daily.dev/sources/techcentral)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The Africa Cybersecurity Indaba 2026, hosted in partnership with South Africa's department of communications & digital technologies, will bring together governments, industry and civil society to discuss continental cybersecurity coordination, digital sovereignty, regulation of cybersecurity service providers, and AI's dual role in cyber defence and cybercrime. The conference takes place on 28-29 October 2026 in Sandton, Johannesburg, with themes spanning national cybersecurity strategies, data control, critical infrastructure protection and cross-border collaboration. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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