In July 2026 there was an average of 3,237 cyber attacks per week on African organizations. This is significantly higher than the global average of 2,336, according to the latest threat intelligence report from Check Point Research.
The report found that cyber attacks increased by 3% compared to June and 16% year over year.
Within Africa, Angola recorded the highest number of weekly attacks per organisation at 5,714, followed by Nigeria (4,975), Kenya (2,915) and South Africa (2,195).
Financial Services, Government and Energy and Utilities were the three most targeted sectors across the continent.
The report also identified email and generative AI tools as emerging security concerns. One in every 106 emails classified as a phishing attempt with Africa recording the world’s highest phishing rate
The report also revealed that one in every 36 enterprise AI prompts carried a high risk of exposing sensitive information. Personal and financial data were among the most commonly exposed categories.
Ransomware activity also surged in July, with reported attacks increasing by 49% compared to June and 87% year over year, reaching 964 reported incidents globally.
“July’s data shows that cyber risk is accumulating across multiple fronts at once,” said Lorna Hardie, Regional Director for Africa at Check Point.
She noted that rising attack volumes, increasing ransomware activity, and growing GenAI adoption are creating new challenges for organisations, making prevention-focused, AI-driven security strategies increasingly important.
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