Our impact
Setting the standard for digital rights and infrastructure.
we are shifting the balance of power for Africa’s frontline defenders. We do not just respond to digital threats; we build the frameworks to prevent them, advance AI governance and engineer digital resilience.
Milestones
The Evolution of a Pan-African Digital Authority.
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2023
Founded
Resilience Technologies is founded to close the digital resilience gap facing African civil society.
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2023
Shaping global governance at the Internet Governance Forum, Kyoto
Resilience Technologies brings African digital risk realities to the international stage at the 18th annual Internet Governance Forum in Kyoto, Japan. Represented by our Digital Security Associate, RT engages with over 5,000 global participants to shape critical discussions on the future of technology, civil society and global internet governance.
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2024
First Spyware Fellowship
RT builds and launches Africa’s first homegrown Spyware Fellowship, training a new generation of researchers in forensic investigation and case documentation.
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2024
The RT-10 Resilience Model
Based on deep-dive research with CSOs across six countries (Uganda, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Nigeria, Ethiopia and Tanzania), RT engineers its flagship digital resilience model. Built specifically for African civil society, it evaluates 18 risk areas across 130 questions to determine the most cost-effective, contextually relevant cybersecurity interventions. It is evidence-backed.
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2024
Unveiling RT-10 at the Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum
Resilience Technologies takes the stage at DRIF24 in Accra to officially present the proprietary RT-10 framework to the regional community.
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2024
Building Zeroth Cloud
RT engineers Zeroth Cloud, our premier cybersecurity threat management tool, designed to provide robust, African-led digital infrastructure.
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2025
Zeroth Cloud on the Global Stage.
Resilience Technologies presents Zeroth Cloud at DRIF25 (Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum), showcasing our proprietary threat management infrastructure to the international digital rights community.
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2025
Continental expansion
RT expands from a West Africa focus to a sub-Saharan African footprint, extending its work to Nigeria, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, Kenya, Zambia and beyond.
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2026
Founding a consortium
Resilience Technologies leads the founding of the continent’s first pan-African spyware accountability consortium, turning individual investigations into coordinated, continent-wide accountability.
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2026
Funded to scale
Resilience Technologies secures grant funding from recognised international partners, backing the continued build-out of its research and response infrastructure.
Funders to be confirmed
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Ongoing
Strategic trainings and partnerships
Resilience Technologies is the digital security training partner of choice for leading institutional actors. In an ongoing partnership with the West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI) we deliver recurring regional resilience training, and we have collaborated with The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law (HiiL) to secure justice innovators across Africa.
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Ongoing
Institutional Validation
Our authority in the digital resilience space is continually validated by leading regional and global platforms. Team CommUNITY profiled our Spyware Fellowship as a pioneering “African-centered response to escalating surveillance”, and the Nigeria Media Innovation Program cited RT as a core authority in “How Newsrooms Can Enhance Their Digital Security”.
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Ongoing
100+ organisations and counting
Resilience Technologies has worked with more than 100 organisations across the continent, and continues to grow its reach.
The record
Intelligence at scale.
Since 2023, our footprint has expanded across Nigeria, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, Kenya, Zambia, and beyond.
- 100+
- Organisations secured
- 12+
- Countries
- Where our intelligence travels
- 1st
- Pan-African consortium
- Making spyware use a liability
- 12+
- Core initiatives
- Driving investigation, training, and platform infrastructure
Published research
Our findings are published as the Africa Digital Threat Bulletin and the annual State of Digital Resilience in Africa report, these are authoritative intelligence designed to serve as foundational citations for funders, researchers, and peer institutions.
Read the researchPartnered with
- West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI)
- The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law (HiiL)
- Nigeria Media Innovation Program (NAMIP) Media Development Investment Fund
- DefendDefenders
- Digital Society of Africa (DSA)
- Open Technology Fund Funder
- TechSoup