Tabiri Analytics said it is offering African students mentored IT training along with ‘educational opportunities targeted to further their skill sets’.

Tabiri Analytics, a US-based cyber security firm, is planning to train African students to address the ongoing skills shortage in the continent’s cyber security sector.

The company provides cyber security monitoring services and is now, in collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University and other educational partners, preparing Rwandan students to work in cyber security operations.

This approach, announced by the company today, addresses the urgent worldwide cyber skills shortage, while also promoting socioeconomic growth in underserved communities.

The Tabiri initiative comes as analysts have warned the lack of skilled cyber security experts is a threat to business and societies.

The World Economic Forum cautioned that this talent crunch is a key challenge for managing cyber resilience, and more needs to be done to increase the flow of cyber security talent into the workforce.

According to Tabiri, hundreds of thousands of jobs remaining unfilled worldwide.

Against this backdrop, the cyber threat environment becomes more acute, giving attackers an edge as organisations are unable to find the people required to execute cyber security operations.

Tabiri Analytics said it is offering African students mentored IT training along with ‘educational opportunities targeted to further their skill sets’.

By working with a new talent pool in Africa, Tabiri Analytics believes it has found a way to “deliver a consistent, affordable monitoring service.”