Niger — Cyber Threat Profile

Niger's cybersecurity capacity remains limited, reflecting broader infrastructure and institutional development constraints. National priorities focus on telecommunications protection, government data security, and cybercrime mitigation. Legislative frameworks and incident response structures are still evolving, with reliance on regional African Union and ECOWAS support mechanisms. Threat activity is largely opportunistic, including fraud, malware, and financial exploitation campaigns. Capacity-building programs led by international partners are assisting Niger in developing foundational cyber governance and digital infrastructure protection capabilities.

Data protection authority: Haute Autorité de Protection des Données à caractère Personnel (source: CNIL)
Secure Internet servers per 1M people (2024): 5.2 (source: World Bank)
Internet users (2024): 15.6% of population (source: World Bank)

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