The African Cyber Threat Landscape: The cyber threats you can’t afford to ignore

​Early-stage startups often treat cybersecurity as a "Phase 2" problem, a critical mistake that can cost enterprise deals and investor trust. Join us at the Idea Lab as the founder of Africahackon (and mentor to 4,000+ African cyber professionals) breaks down how to build secure, scalable platforms from the first line of code.

​What we'll cover:

• ​Security by Design: Architecting your MVP securely without slowing down your engineering speed.

• ​The Enterprise Trust Barrier: How to pass corporate vendor assessments and close bigger B2B deals.

• ​Lean Security Culture: Cultivating a security-first mindset within your founding team before you can afford a CISO.

• ​The Local Threat Landscape: Navigating the specific data and digital risks of scaling products across the continent.

​Stop treating security as an engineering bottleneck and start using it as a competitive advantage.

​Format

• ​Closed, curated session

• ​Limited seats to keep discussions practical and honest

• ​Off-record by design