{"id":2281,"date":"2026-08-12T08:19:56","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T08:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/?p=2281"},"modified":"2026-08-12T08:21:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T08:21:37","slug":"ethiopia-launches-fifth-national-cybersecurity-camp-with-regional-intake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/ethiopia-launches-fifth-national-cybersecurity-camp-with-regional-intake\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethiopia launches fifth national cybersecurity camp with regional intake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"2\">By Gelila Adamu<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\">Addis Ababa (AMECO)- <strong>More than 1,200 young trainees, including participants from South Sudan, have begun Ethiopia\u2019s fifth national cybersecurity summer camp across six universities, officials announced on Wednesday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5\">Organised by the Information Network Security Administration (INSA), the intensive initiative selected 1,249 candidates from more than 14,000 applicants following a competitive screening process.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6\">INSA Deputy Director General Bishaw Beyene confirmed that training is under way simultaneously at Addis Ababa University, Bahir Dar University, Haramaya University, Wolayita Sodo University, Debre Berhan University, and Jimma University.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7\">INSA Director General Tigist Hamid and Addis Ababa Science and Technology University (AASTU) President Asrat Atsedeweyn officially launched the camp during an opening ceremony featuring multilingual welcome addresses and martial arts demonstrations.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"8\">The curriculum combines technical cybersecurity instruction with physical and cognitive development. This year\u2019s intake introduces chess training, delivered in partnership with the Ethiopian Chess Federation, alongside exercises aimed at developing ambidextrous writing skills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Gelila Adamu Addis Ababa (AMECO)- More than 1,200 young trainees, including participants from South Sudan, have begun Ethiopia\u2019s fifth national cybersecurity summer camp across six universities, officials announced on Wednesday. Organised by the Information Network Security Administration (INSA), the intensive initiative selected 1,249 candidates from more than 14,000 applicants following a competitive screening process. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":2283,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[150,702,684],"class_list":["post-2281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2281"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2285,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2281\/revisions\/2285"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2281"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=2281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}