effectively combat all kind of criminal activities in the African Cyberspace through multi-stakeholder approach involving governments, industry, academia, civil society and organizations in an integrated and comprehensive manner. 23. To counter the criminal use of Internet and ICT networks, African governments may consider the preparation and adoption of complete and effective legislations to enhance cybercrime components within the National Cybersecurity strategy. In addition, the legislations should support the national efforts to ensure an effective criminal justice response to ICT offences. 24. To efficiently investigate and combat Cybercrime at national level, Governments may consider the following actions: a) Enforce the existing national criminal laws and adapt them to the reality of digital environment to effectively fight against all kind of cybercrime and cyber-attacks; b) Enhance the capacities of criminal justice authorities, such as law enforcement, Prosecutors and Judges, in order to enable them to effectively investigate, prosecute and adjudicate cases of cybercrime and other offences involving electronic evidence and computer forensic; c) Improve procedures for cybercrime investigation, the handling of electronic evidence and cooperation between law enforcement agencies; d) Facilitate the public/private sharing of information and foster the cooperation between law enforcement and Internet Service Providers (ISP); e) Evaluate on a regular basis the effectiveness of the legislations and the criminal justice response to Cybercrime and maintain statistics. 3.4 Personal Data Protection (PDP) 25. In today’s digital world, personal data have become the fuel that drives much of online activities. Every day a big amount of data are collected, stored and transmitted across the globe. 26. As more and more economic and social activities shifts into connected information space, the importance of data protection and privacy online are recognized as essential for the development of the digital economy. 27. At the same time, the volume of trans-border data flows, more specifically personal data is increasing every year, making data protection regulations a central component of the electronic transactions. 28. In addition to the model laws on data protection developed at regional level within the regional economic communities (RECs), the AU convention embodies a part on the relevance of data protection in the digital environment and highlights the importance to ensure an effective protection of personal data and privacy online and guarantee that any form of data processing within the Member states of the African union respects the fundamental freedoms and rights of natural persons. Page 5 of 10