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By Ross Moyo
Government, POTRAZ, ZRP, ITU, INTERPOL, ICANN and regional CIRTs “targeted 2100MW of digital resilience”. This was revealed at the 4-day Inter-Regional CyberDrill and Conference during 30 June to 3 July 2026 in Victoria Falls.
This was to align national and regional cybersecurity strategies, strengthen law enforcement cooperation, and test crisis response through ministerial openings, technical training, and scenario exercises run by FIRST, ITU, INTERPOL and CYBERRANGES.
The event featured Provincial Minister Hon. Richard Moyo, Potraz D.G Dr. Gift Machengete, Prof. Sam Takavarasha, Ms. Rosemary Kalapurakal, IGP ZRP, Kevin Kiban of INTERPOL, Dr. Emmanuel Mannasseh and Dr. Cosmas Zavazava of ITU, and Hon. Tatenda Mavetera.
This proved Zimbabwe’s Cybersecurity Architecture is intact with Tsitsi Mariwo, Director of Data Protection, POTRAZ, presenting Zimbabwe’s architecture case. This was followed by ITU and INTERPOL threat assessments and Morocco’s Operation Ramz case study.
Multi-Agency Coordination
Panel 1 explored whole-of-government approaches with Deputy Director Evidence Mazhindu, Malawi CERT’s Christopher Banda, and CIRT representatives from Africa and Arab states.
Law Enforcement Operations by Kevin Kiban, Head of INTERPOL’s Africa Cybercrime Operations Desk, outlined coordinated responses with Panel 3 focusing on national cyber crisis management with Benin CID and Zimbabwe’s Zivo Keith Chamba.
DNS and Private Sector Role panel 2 highlighted DNS security with KeNIC, AfricaCERT, Liquid Zimbabwe and Telone, under ICANN moderation. This reflected the growing role of telcos and registries in incident response.
Training Day Structure was dedicated to technical and management training: CTI from infrastructure to community, and KINDNS implementation for credential management, led by FIRST, CERT ng and ICANN.
Scenario-Based Testing moved to applied exercises: FIRST and ITU scenarios on INTERPOL and CYBERRANGES. This tested detection, containment and cross-border reporting.
Policy Linkage of the event supported Zimbabwe’s broader digital strategy and data protection agenda, linking cybersecurity to digital ID and sovereign AI discussions.
ITU’s Serge Valery Zongo, INTERPOL’s Kevin Kiban, and POTRAZ closed with outcomes which will feed into regional CIRT collaboration frameworks.
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