Ghana recorded 3,876 cybersecurity incidents between January and July 2026, with online fraud accounting for nearly half of the cases, the Cyber Security Authority (CSA) said.
Of the incidents recorded by the national Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-GH), 1,818, representing about 47%, involved online fraud, CSA Director-General Divine Selase Agbeti said.
Speaking at the launch of the 2026 National Cyber Security Awareness Month in Accra, Mr Agbeti warned that the rapid adoption of digital financial services was increasing exposure to cyber-enabled crime.
He also cited the Bank of Ghana’s 2025 Fraud Report, which recorded a 48% increase in reported fraud cases across banks, specialised deposit-taking institutions and payment service providers.
The number of reported cases rose from 16,733 in 2024 to 24,778 in 2025, with about GH¢101 million at risk, according to the report.
Mr Agbeti said the rise in cybercrime posed a serious threat to public confidence in digital financial services and urged financial institutions and businesses to make cybersecurity a board-level responsibility.
He said cybersecurity should not be treated solely as an information technology or regulatory matter.
“Cybersecurity cannot remain a compliance exercise done solely for the regulator or a technology project delegated solely to the IT department. It is a board-level governance obligation and an operational resilience requirement,” he said.
Mr Agbeti called for stronger safeguards, including multi-factor authentication, improved identity management, regular vulnerability assessments and more robust incident-response systems.
He also warned that the growing use of artificial intelligence was giving fraudsters access to more sophisticated tools for scams, including voice cloning, impersonation and social engineering.
The CSA urged organisations and the public to strengthen their cybersecurity practices as Ghana’s digital economy continues to expand.
Source:citinewsroom
