More than 39 million Nigerians use twitter as a political platform to stay informed and updated and to voice their opinions including government discontent. Avid users also include Small and Medium Size Businesses (SMEs), which use social media -Twitter included- for activities ranging from marketing to attracting clients to reaching out to customers. On Saturday, they were all directly impacted as the Nigerian government twitter ban came into effect.
UK HEAT training
As we start to see fledgling signs of global travel again it might be worth taking a moment to consider the impact that lockdowns, working from home and not travelling has had on our teams.
As Covid -19 restrictions are slowly being lifted in the UK we are very pleased to be able to announce our open courses will be starting again in July. We have moved to an onsite location over an hour outside of London. Our Subject Matter Experts will continue to offer online training but are really looking forward to teaching again face to face.
Now the country faces a new threat from the Islamic State-affiliated insurgency in its north state Cabo Delgado. Ansar Al-Sunna known locally as Al-Shabaab (but differing from the Somali Al-Shabaab), has made not insignificant gains in the north in its alleged bid to create an Islamic State. Mozambican Defence Armed Forces (FADM) are struggling to contain the insurgency and have turned to private military companies to support them.
Our Senior Security Advisor Darren Kelly together with our Global Security Analyst Louise Vingert Silveria and special guest speaker Kathie Knell MBE held a Gender Safety Management Webinar this week where they discussed how security and personal safety can be perceived differently by men and women.
