{"id":30350,"date":"2026-05-05T12:05:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T09:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/safetech.ro\/safetech-innovations-the-first-romanian-company-to-organize-a-hacking-competition-in-africa-2\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T13:53:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T10:53:12","slug":"safetech-innovations-organized-hacking-competition-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/safetech.ro\/en\/safetech-innovations-organized-hacking-competition-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Safetech Innovations, the first Romanian company to organize a hacking competition in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"30350\" class=\"elementor elementor-30350 elementor-30336\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-183f9ca0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"183f9ca0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-579ab13 elementor-widget elementor-widget-ld_breadcrumb\" data-id=\"579ab13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ld_breadcrumb.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lqd-breadcrumb-wrapper\"><nav role=\"navigation\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumbs\" class=\"breadcrumbs\"><ol class=\"breadcrumb reset-ul inline-nav inline-ul comma-sep-li\"><li class=\"breadcrumb-item active\"><a href=\"https:\/\/safetech.ro\/en\/\" rel=\"home\"><span>Home<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ol><\/nav><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30467982 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"30467982\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Safetech Innovations, the first Romanian company to organize a hacking competition in Africa<\/h3><p><em>Bucharest, May 4, 2026<\/em> &#8211; <strong>Safetech Innovations (BVB: SAFE), a national leader in cybersecurity, organized, for the first time outside Romania, the &#8220;Capture the Flag&#8221; hacking competition at the Connected Africa Summit 2026, one of the most important technology and digital innovation forums on the African continent, held in Nairobi (Kenya) from 27 to 30 April 2026.<\/strong><\/p><p>The company\u2019s participation in the summit also provided an opportunity to meet with high-level officials and IT&amp;C ministers from Kenya, Malawi, Liberia, and Uganda, as part of broader efforts to explore international markets, with discussions highlighting a clear openness to collaboration from these countries in the field of cybersecurity.<\/p><p><em>\u201cNairobi confirmed that there is strong interest and significant potential for cybersecurity in Africa. We are proud to have contributed, alongside the Kenyan authorities, to identifying talented young individuals in this field. We are also encouraged by the concrete interest in collaboration expressed by the representatives of the countries we met, a sign that Safetech\u2019s expertise is recognized and appreciated internationally. In this context, our participation in the Connected Africa Summit also provided us with the opportunity to develop new business directions on the African continent,\u201d <\/em>stated Ionu\u021b Georgescu, CEO of Safetech Innovations.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-718d049 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"718d049\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/safetech.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1777908834578-1024x683.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-30340\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/safetech.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1777908834578-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/safetech.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1777908834578-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/safetech.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1777908834578-720x480.webp 720w, https:\/\/safetech.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1777908834578.webp 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e046fea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e046fea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p> <\/p>\n<p>Capture the Flag (CTF) competitions are some of the most widely used practical formats for testing and developing cybersecurity skills, where participants solve a series of technical challenges that simulate real-life cyber attack and defense scenarios. These can include identifying vulnerabilities in applications, decrypting messages, analyzing network traffic or exploiting controlled computer systems. The aim is to identify &#8220;flags&#8221; &#8211; hidden clues in the systems being analyzed &#8211; with each solution scoring points for the participating teams.   Such competitions contribute directly to training specialists capable of responding to real-world cyber threats. <\/p>\n<p>The competition, organized in partnership with the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Digital Economy of Kenya, included challenges tailored to university-level participants and structured across multiple levels of difficulty to progressively assess their technical skills. The initiative aimed to identify and encourage young talent in cybersecurity and was met with strong interest from the local academic community. A total of 60 student teams from Kenya registered for the competition, of which 15 were selected for the final stage.  <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e10b788 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e10b788\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"785\" src=\"https:\/\/safetech.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1777908835043-1018x1024.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-30342\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/safetech.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1777908835043-1018x1024.webp 1018w, https:\/\/safetech.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1777908835043-298x300.webp 298w, https:\/\/safetech.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1777908835043-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/safetech.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1777908835043-60x60.webp 60w, https:\/\/safetech.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1777908835043.webp 1146w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efc9fef elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"efc9fef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p> <\/p>\n<p>Premiile au fost \u00eenm\u00e2nate de ES Hon. William Kabogo Gita\u016b, Ministrul Informa\u021biilor, Comunica\u021biilor \u0219i Economiei Digitale, ES Gen\u021biana \u0218erbu, Ambasadoarea Rom\u00e2niei \u00een Republica Kenya, \u0219i Ionu\u021b Georgescu, Directorul General al Safetech Innovations. Evenimentul a contribuit la consolidarea vizibilit\u0103\u021bii Safetech Innovations pe pie\u021bele interna\u021bionale \u0219i la pozi\u021bionarea companiei ca partener relevant \u00een dezvoltarea ecosistemelor de securitate cibernetic\u0103 emergente.  <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b95e13 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1b95e13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/safetech.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1777908834689-1024x683.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-30346\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/safetech.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1777908834689-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/safetech.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1777908834689-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/safetech.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1777908834689-720x480.webp 720w, https:\/\/safetech.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1777908834689.webp 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Safetech Innovations organized a \u201cCapture the Flag\u201d hacking competition as part of Connected Africa Summit 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6664,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[125],"tags":[140],"class_list":["post-30350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-company-news","tag-safetech-results"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/safetech.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/safetech.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/safetech.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/safetech.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/safetech.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30350"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/safetech.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30362,"href":"https:\/\/safetech.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30350\/revisions\/30362"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/safetech.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/safetech.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/safetech.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/safetech.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}