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Long-form technical and strategic research from our practice leads and OpasLabs. Every paper is grounded in the African operating context - not adapted from markets that don't share our infrastructure, threat landscape, or regulatory environment.
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Published by OpasSecure practice leads and OpasLabs.
State of African Cybersecurity 2026
Annual flagship. Twelve markets covered. Breach data, threat-actor profiles, regulatory landscape update, and a twelve-month forecast. Published by OpasLabs.
Read →Kenya DPA enforcement: 18 months in
Analysis of ODPC enforcement actions, penalties issued, and compliance posture across regulated Kenyan industries. Practical guidance for DPOs and legal teams.
Read →Detection engineering for mobile-money fraud
How to write Sentinel and Elastic SIEM detection rules for M-PESA and Airtel Money attack patterns. Includes ready-to-deploy KQL and SPL queries.
Read →Why African enterprises overpay for cloud - and how to fix it
FinOps observations from a year of cloud cost audits across East African enterprises. Structured approach to RI purchasing, rightsizing, and architectural waste.
Read →The Africa Stack: building on Pan-African payment rails
Technical and commercial overview of PAPSS, PesaLink, M-PESA Daraja, and the emerging cross-border payment infrastructure. For fintech architects and CTOs.
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OpasLabs publishes quarterly flagship reports, monthly threat advisories, and continuous research across six active programmes.