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China-Africa Law Enforcement Cooperation on Cybercrime
China is deepening law enforcement cooperation with African nations to combat cross-border cybercrime, including gambling fraud in eSwatini, SIM swapping in Kenya, and cybercrime networks in Zambia, following a September summit with East African security officials.
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China and African governments are drawing closer in security cooperation amid a wave of cross-border fraud, including online-gambling rings in eSwatini, SIM swapping in Kenya, and cybercrime networks in Zambia (SCMP, October 3). China hosted East African security ministers and police chiefs in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, on September 10 for talks on terrorism, kidnapping, online fraud, and other cross-border threats (SCMP, October 3). China's public security minister, Wang Xiaohong, said Beijing would strengthen law-enforcement cooperation with African partners (SCMP, October 3).
This expanding security relationship is strategically significant as it reflects China's growing role in African domestic security and law enforcement institutions, complementing its economic Belt and Road investments with a security dimension, and may have implications for data governance, surveillance technology exports, and sovereignty debates across African states.