Angola is building national cybersecurity capabilities through new laws, a national strategy and a government council, while officials call for capital investment and cooperation with private companies. Telecommunications, Information Technologies, and Media Minister Mario Oliveira announced the effort Monday at the opening of Cyberdrill 2026 in Luanda.
The State Builds Its Framework
Oliveira cited implementation of a new legal framework for cybersecurity, approval of a National Cybersecurity Strategy and establishment of the National Cybersecurity Council as recent milestones. Together, those measures form the policy and regulatory foundations of the government’s cybersecurity work.
“We are aware that approving strategies, creating institutions, and passing laws is only part of the path we must travel,” Oliveira said. He added, “The greater our presence in the digital space, the greater our responsibility to ensure that this space is secure, stable, reliable, and resilient.”
The minister said the central challenge is turning those policies and institutions into operational capabilities. That means preventing, detecting and responding to digital threats, then recovering from them. International cybersecurity experts and incident response teams have gathered at the conference to discuss the work.
Oliveira said a secure digital ecosystem requires cooperation among state defence and security institutions, judicial authorities, regulatory bodies and the private sector. The framework therefore brings government agencies and private companies into a shared cybersecurity effort.
Investment and Training
Oliveira said capital investment in technology and infrastructure must go hand in hand with education, innovation and specialized technical training. He didn’t describe a specific funding amount or identify particular training programs in his remarks reported at the conference opening.
His account linked cybersecurity capacity to both technical infrastructure and trained personnel. The priority, he said, is making the policy framework operational, including the ability to respond to digital threats and recover from them.
Oliveira reaffirmed the Angolan government’s commitment to national cyber defences and broader socioeconomic resilience. He also connected that commitment to digital integration in the Southern African Development Community (SADC).
Regional Coordination
Cyberdrill 2026 is a weeklong regional cyber simulation and anti-cybercrime conference in Luanda. Africacert, the SADC and the Angolan government co-organized the event, which runs through Friday.
International cybersecurity experts and incident response teams are taking part. Its regional format puts Angola’s announced national institutions and strategy alongside cooperation among participating cybersecurity specialists and response teams.
Oliveira’s remarks laid out the government’s stated sequence: establish laws, strategy and institutions, then build the operational capacity to defend digital systems. He identified state agencies, judicial authorities, regulators and the private sector as participants, and called for spending on technology and infrastructure alongside education, innovation and technical training.