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INTERPOL: 55% of Reported African Cybercrime Is Now AI-Enabled, With Losses More Than Doubling to $484M Since 2024
INTERPOL's 40-page African Cyberthreat Assessment Report 2026, drawn from surveys of 36 member countries, found AI linked to 55% of reported cybercrime on the continent, with losses climbing from $192M in 2024 to $484M. The drivers are AI-facilitated scams, credential harvesting, and automated social engineering — business email compromise in particular has become far more convincing with generated text. 72% of surveyed countries reported the presence of scam centres, concentrated in Southern and West Africa.
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