Visualized: Where Africa’s Cyber Vulnerabilities Are Concentrated

Africa’s cyber-vulnerability matter is heavily concentrated in a handful of countries.

South Africa alone accounted for 43.6% of detected vulnerabilities in 2025.

This is according to data from the Shadowserver Foundation cited in the INTERPOL African Cyberthreat Assessment published in June 2026.

It paints a striking picture of where vulnerable digital infrastructure was being detected across the continent.

South Africa accounts for 43.6% of detected vulnerabilities.
Three countries make up 64.6% of the total.
The data shows concentration, not necessarily more cyberattacks.

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One of the more unusual figures is Seychelles.

The island nation accounted for 2.5% of detected vulnerabilities, placing it ahead of larger economies such as Ghana, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Lesotho in the record.

That is a reminder that population size alone does not explain the distribution.

A country’s level of digital connectivity, the amount of internet-facing infrastructure it operates, and how much of that infrastructure is visible to security researchers can all influence what gets detected.

For the same reason, the figures should not be interpreted as a simple league table of which African countries are “least secure.”

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