A GLACY+ study comparing the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime and the African Union's Malabo Convention on Cyber Security and Data Protection underscores "the complementarity of both treaties. This means building on the political commitment of African leaders to take on the challenge of cybercrime as expressed when adopting the African Union Convention, and supporting countries of Africa to make use of the Budapest Convention when improving domestic legislation, establishing domestic criminal justice capacities and engaging in international cooperation."
Representatives of 18 African States and of the African Union Commission discussed follow up during the recent Octopus Conference at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg (16-18 November 2016).