Glemad Releases African Threat Intelligence Report (GATIR) Q1 2026

Glemad has published the Q1 2026 edition of the African Threat Intelligence Report (GATIR).

This report provides a structured assessment of the cyber threat environment across Africa’s financial infrastructure, telecom networks, government systems, and critical digital services.

It is built on direct telemetry, regulatory disclosures, and law enforcement reporting. The objective is simple. Provide a clear, evidence-based view of how threats are evolving and where defense must improve.

Key Findings

The Q1 2026 data confirms that Africa’s digital growth is being matched by threat escalation.

• ₦320 billion in estimated digital fraud losses in Nigeria between January 2023 and April 2025
• 4,200 cyberattacks per organization per week in Nigeria, more than double the global average
• 18 days average breach detection time across Africa
• $4 billion in annual cybercrime losses across the continent

These are not isolated incidents. They represent a sustained operating condition.

Structural Reality

The report identifies three core conditions shaping the threat environment:

1. Financial infrastructure is the primary target
Nigeria’s fintech sector continues to carry the highest exposure, with repeated breaches showing adversarial understanding of settlement systems and transaction thresholds.

2. Organized cybercrime is operating at scale
Business email compromise networks across West Africa now function as structured, cross-border enterprises.

3. Detection speed remains the critical weakness
An 18-day detection window allows adversaries to complete operations before response begins.

Shift in Attack Methods

The report documents the active use of AI-enabled techniques:

• Phishing campaigns generated in local African languages
• Deepfake-based social engineering targeting executives
• Precision-calibrated fraud transactions designed to evade detection systems

These are not emerging risks. They are already in operation.

PulseADT Benchmarks

The report includes performance data from Glemad’s platform.

PulseADT operates across 680,000 assets, processing 45,000 events per second.

• 0.8 minutes mean time to detect
• 2.1 minutes mean time to contain
• 95 percent of threats contained autonomously

The difference between minutes and days defines the outcome of a breach.

What This Means

Africa’s digital infrastructure is expanding rapidly. Security investment has not kept pace.

The result is a high-value, under-defended environment.

Addressing this requires a shift:

• From reactive response to continuous detection
• From fragmented tooling to system-level reasoning
• From manual workflows to autonomous defense

GATIR reflects how we analyze the threat landscape and how we build systems to respond to it.

The full report is now available on glemad.com.