Safaricom PLC
Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
Threat detection, incident response, and security architecture for M-Pesa and the core network.
Nairobi, Kenya
Full-time
45,000–65,000 USD
Work
Roles the centre has listed.
Twelve openings carried from the careers page, with the organisations, cities, and ranges as published. They are listings, not a live claim that each seat is open today.
Equity Bank Group
Information Security Manager
Security governance, risk, and compliance for digital banking across six countries.
Remote, Africa
Remote
55,000–75,000 USD
MTN Group
SOC Analyst, level 2
Watch and investigate events across MTN’s multi-country network.
Johannesburg
Full-time
38,000–52,000 USD
Standard Bank Group
Penetration tester
Testing and vulnerability assessment for the bank’s African operations.
Cape Town
Full-time
60,000–85,000 USD
Federal Government of Nigeria
National cyber security coordinator
National strategy, critical infrastructure, and incident coordination.
Abuja
Full-time
55,000–80,000 USD
Morocco Telecom
Cloud security engineer
Cloud, container, and pipeline security.
Casablanca
Full-time
42,000–58,000 USD
National Bank of Egypt
Cybersecurity consultant
Assessments and security architecture for digital programmes.
Cairo
Full-time
70,000–90,000 USD
Ghana Telecom
Junior security analyst
A first role: monitoring, logs, and the basics of the network.
Accra
Full-time
25,000–35,000 USD
Africa Shield Cyber Centre
Internship, six months
Paid time on the centre’s own operations desk.
Several cities
Internship
1,500–2,000 USD a month
Bank of Botswana
Chief information security officer
Security for national payments and banking supervision systems.
Gaborone
Full-time
120,000–180,000 USD
Senegal Tech Hub
Digital forensics specialist
Investigations with law enforcement and companies.
Dakar
Full-time
48,000–68,000 USD
Central Bank of Tunisia
Compliance and risk analyst
Banking-regulation compliance and risk reviews.
Tunis
Full-time
40,000–55,000 USD
What moves a salary
- South Africa, Nigeria, and Kenya were described as paying 20–35% more.
- CISSP, CISM, and OSCP were described as adding 25–50%.
- Banking and telecommunications pay a premium.
- Each year of practice was described as adding 3,000–7,000 USD to a base.
Paths people described
Grace Wanjiku, from junior analyst to CISO. Ahmed Hassan, from teaching to testing. Fatima Mwalimu, from the internship to a SOC manager. Robert Uwimana, from IT support to security architecture.
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