CYBER CRIME & CYBER SECURITY
TRENDS IN AFRICA
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Country
Indicative status of specific criminal law provisions on cyber crime
and electronic evidence (as of April 2016, based on information available)
Morocco
Partial
• Amendments to criminal and criminal procedure codes underway with specific provisions on
cyber crime and electronic evidence
Mozambique
Partial
• Partial substantive law provisions in amended Penal Code of 2015
Namibia
No
Niger
No
Nigeria
Yes
Rwanda
Partial
• Partial substantive law provisions in Penal Code (section 5)
Sao Tome and Principe
No
• No specific legislation in force (amendments to the Penal Code (Law 6/2012) cover illegal
interception, computer-related fraud and child pornography)
Senegal
Yes
Seychelles
No
• No specific legislation in force
Sierra Leone
No
• No specific legislation in force
Somalia
No
• No specific legislation in force
South Africa
Partial
• Draft law (Cyber Crimes and Cyber Security Bill) in National Assembly following public
consultations in December 2015. Following Budapest Convention
South Sudan
No
• No specific legislation in force
Sudan
Partial
• Cyber Crime Act 2007
Swaziland
No
Tanzania
Yes
Togo
No
Tunisia
Partial
Uganda
Yes
Zambia
Yes
Zimbabwe
Partial
• Partial legislation in force
• No specific legislation in force
• Draft law with substantive provisions (Electronic Transactions and Cyber Crime Bill 2013)
• No specific legislation in force
• Draft law following Budapest Convention
• Cyber Crimes (Prohibition, Prevention, etc.) Act 2015
• Evidence Act as amended in 2011 for admissibility of electronic evidence
• Law 2008-11 (25 January 2008) following Budapest Convention
• Accession to Budapest Convention underway
• Partial legislation in force
• No specific legislation in force
• Draft Computer Crime and Cyber Crime Bill
• Cyber Crimes Act 2015 (20 February 2015)
• No specific legislation in force
• Draft law on cyber crime
• Few provisions in Penal Code.
• Draft law on cyber crime and accession to Budapest Convention under consideration
• Computer Misuse Act 2011 (14 February 2011)
• Computer Misuse and Crimes Act 2004
• Electronic Communication and Transactions Act (ECT Act) no 21 (31 August 2009)
• Chapter VIII Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act 2004 with substantive law provisions
• Computer Crime and Cyber Crime Bill in preparation