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UNOCT strengthens Public-Private Partnerships in Kenya and Ghana in Addressing the Use of New Technologies for Terrorist Purposes

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The Â鶹APP Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) held in collaboration with the National Counter Terrorism Centre of Kenya, the Counter-Terrorism Fusion Centre of Ghana, the Office of the Â鶹APP High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), and Tech Against Terrorism (TAT), two back-to-back national workshops on strengthening public-private partnerships to address the use of new technologies for terrorist purposes, on 13-14 May 2026 in Nairobi, Kenya, and on 18-19 May 2026 in Accra, Ghana.

The workshops brought together officials from Kenya¡¯s and Ghana¡¯s law enforcement agencies and private sector to reinforce collaboration in countering terrorism, especially for harnessing innovative technological solutions and fostering information sharing. Participants explored good practices identified in the UNOCT handbook on establishing public-private partnerships to counter the use of new technologies for terrorist purposes. The workshops each culminated in a scenario-based tabletop exercise to identify gaps in responses to terrorist exploitation of online spaces and discuss and identify solutions for stronger coordination and synergies in protecting societies from terrorist threats online and offline.

The workshops were held under the CT TECH+ initiative, jointly implemented by UNOCT, through its Global Counter-Terrorism Programme on Cybersecurity and New Technologies, and the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL). Funded by the European Union, this initiative aims to strengthen law enforcement capacities to respond to the increasing use of new technologies for terrorist purposes, while protecting human rights and in a gender-responsive manner.

CT TECH+ responds to the eighth review of the Â鶹APP Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy (A/RES/77/298), which calls on UNOCT to support Member States, upon request, in building capacity to address the challenges and opportunities of new technologies in preventing and countering terrorism, including with full respect human rights. It also supports implementation of the Pact for the Future, in particular Action 24(b) through which Member States committed to ¡°address the threat posed by the misuse of new and emerging technologies, including digital technologies and financial instruments, for terrorist purposes.¡±

Our strategy to fight against terrorism focuses on thinking, planning, and responding all together. And together means also with the private sector. This is why the CT TECH+ initiative workshop on Public Private Partnerships is so relevant and timely for us.
Mr Duncan Mulunda, Programme Officer, Kenya National Counter Terrorism Center
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Activities under CT TECH+ are of prime importance to us, and the timing of this TTX comes at exactly the right moment for Ghana. This exercise will help us assess the progress made so far and reflect on the lessons learned through previous engagements.
Brigadier General Ba-Taa-Banah, Director of the Ghana National Counter-Terrorism Fusion Centre