Initiative Afrique and its partners - Swiss-Africa Cybersecurity Community

Listen to our partners, Franka Ebai, from the Institute for Information Systems (FHNW), and Roman Bögli, at the Software Engineering Group (SEG), in the University of Bern.

Recording date: 19.11.2025

Moderator: Djouroukoro Diallo. Production: Patricia Teixidor. Music: Intro and outro: "Yadina" (xylophone duet). CD 1. MBUDI MBUDI NA MHANGA-NYMBO ZA WADODO. The Musical Universe of the Wagogo Children from Tanzania ©PoloVallejo. Musical pauses: Serge Quadrado – Brazilian. John Bartmann – One Night in Africa. Andrew Oliver Kora Band - Kaira. Free Music Archive, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Franka Ebai was born in Cameroon but has lived in Switzerland since 2016. She is a Research Assistant at the Institute for Information Systems, in the FHNW, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland. Roman Bögli is a PhD Candidate in the Software Engineering Group (SEG) at the University of Bern. His research focuses on software variability, applied cryptography, and cybersecurity in the realm of quantum computing. In this interview, they shared with us different aspects of cybersecurity that affect both Africa and Switzerland. They both collaborate with the Swiss-Africa Cybersecurity Community, an initiative that brings together universities, researchers, and professionals from Switzerland and Africa to address global cybersecurity challenges, and supports workshops on quantum computing and digital resilience. We discussed the association's goals, activities, and future plans. The African countries involved in this initiative are: Rwanda (Africa Blockchain Institute), Ethiopia (Hawassa University), Cameroon (University of Buea and SwissLink Higher Institute of Business and Technology), and Nigeria (University of Ibadan).

 Members of the Initiative Afrique community at the University of Bern (Switzerland) introduce themselves in a series of podcasts.