AGA-AFRICA Programme

AGA Africa Tweetathon – Keeping and Breaking the Law During the Pandemic: Cybercrime, Illicit Flows, and Judiciaries’ new challenges

[cmsmasters_row][cmsmasters_column data_width=”1/1″][cmsmasters_text] Cybercrime is an umbrella term that includes any illegal behavior facilitated through electronic means. This behavior is directed at disrupting the security of computer systems and their data through hacking, data leaks, online scams, software piracy, mobile money fraud and cyberterrorism. AGA-Africa initiated a virtual discussion on Twitter on 25th August 2020, using […]

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Covid-19 and Prosecution Offices Across Africa: Webinar Series, South Africa

[cmsmasters_row][cmsmasters_column data_width=”1/1″][cmsmasters_text] As the world continues to deal with the repercussion of the Covid-19 pandemic, AGA-Africa’s efforts towards stemming transnational crimes, by equipping judicial and law enforcement officers continue in earnest.  To continue the exchanging of knowledge and information, AGA-Africa in collaboration with the National Prosecuting Authority of South Africa (NPA) organized a three-part webinar […]

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Virtual Workshop on Cryptocurrency, Malawi 

[cmsmasters_row][cmsmasters_column data_width=”1/1″][cmsmasters_text] For many African governments, cryptocurrency is a foreign concept that is treated with suspicion. It is not also recognized as legal although its illegality is still a gray area. Criminal actors, however, take advantage of this unregulated system of moving funds to engage in their illegal activity. It is incumbent that law enforcement […]

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Advocacy Skills and Techniques for Virtual Court Hearing Webinar (Nigeria)

[cmsmasters_row][cmsmasters_column data_width=”1/1″][cmsmasters_text] With the current pandemic, it has become essential for the justice sectors across the globe to get innovative in delivering vital governmental services safely which has extended to administering Virtual Court Hearings. AGA-Africa in collaboration with the Lagos Business School (LBS) and the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Lagos Branch held a one day […]

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AGA-Africa, East Africa Law Society and the EALS Institute Training Series

[cmsmasters_row][cmsmasters_column data_width=”1/1″][cmsmasters_text] As the world enters a period of uncertainty with the Covid-19 pandemic, the justice system in various nations are inevitably falling under considerable strain. This has called for contingency measures which include embracing virtual courtrooms in order to enable our courts to continue operating even during the height of the pandemic. The Attorney […]

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