RealTyme at Geneva Cyber Week 2026: Architecting Africa's Digital Strategic Autonomy

RealTyme will participate in Geneva Cyber Week 2026, the leading international forum for cybersecurity policy and global digital cooperation. Organised by UNIDIR and the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Geneva Cyber Week 2026 runs from 4 to 8 May at the Centre International de Conférences Genève (CICG), bringing together policymakers, technologists, and governments from over 100 countries.

On Wednesday, May 6, RealTyme will present "Architecting Africa's Digital Strategic Autonomy — From Policy to Post-Quantum Implementation" — a session that moves beyond theoretical frameworks to showcase a validated, implementation-ready model for national digital sovereignty. The session takes place from 14:00 to 15:00 in Room 16, CICG, Geneva.

About Geneva Cyber Week 2026

Geneva Cyber Week is the most significant annual gathering dedicated to international cybersecurity cooperation, hosted in one of the world's foremost hubs for multilateral diplomacy and international governance.

The 2026 edition is co-organised by UNIDIR — the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research — and the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA), underscoring the event's unique position at the intersection of technology, policy, and international law.

Geneva Cyber Week 2026 convenes heads of state cybersecurity agencies, chief information security officers, international legal experts, civil society representatives, and technology leaders under the overarching theme of "Advancing Global Cooperation in Cyberspace." With delegations from over 100 countries, the event serves as the primary multilateral forum where binding norms, policy frameworks, and technical standards for the global digital environment are debated and shaped.

For RealTyme, participation at Geneva Cyber Week 2026 reflects the company's conviction that the challenges posed by quantum computing and the future of encryption are not purely technical — they are geopolitical, legal, and deeply human. The decisions made in rooms like Room 16 at CICG this May will define the standards that protect — or fail to protect — digital rights for the next generation.

From Data Decolonization to Digital Sovereignty

In a geopolitical landscape where "Data Decolonization" has become a national security imperative, African nations are no longer waiting for global frameworks to catch up. They are building their own.

RealTyme's session at Geneva Cyber Week 2026 will showcase an African Government Blueprint — a validated, implementation-ready model for building a national "Sovereignty Stack". This is not a whitepaper. It is a working infrastructure, already deployed, that demonstrates how governments can achieve full institutional autonomy over their communications and data without sacrificing interoperability or security.

The session will address four core pillars:

The Sovereign Stack in Action — How African governments recently moved from policy to a live, secure-by-design communication infrastructure. This segment provides a technical and regulatory roadmap for Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to achieve strategic autonomy using standards-aligned building blocks including ITU Academy, SADA, and GFCE frameworks.

The Post-Quantum Pivot — Shifting the dialogue from quantum ethics to quantum implementation. RealTyme will demonstrate how to protect critical national infrastructure today against "Harvest Now, Decrypt Later" threats through active Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) deployment. This segment will also mark the signing of the RealTyme and ANCA-Smart Africa partnership on May 5, representing a landmark commitment to quantum-resilient infrastructure across the African continent.

The EU-Africa Digital Corridor — Why recent global shifts have made digital sovereignty a shared priority between Africa and Europe. The session will explore how harmonising African digital autonomy with EU AI Act and GDPR standards creates secure, interoperable corridors that prevent fragmentation and reinforce mutual strategic interests.

The Deliverable — Attendees will leave with a briefing on the Sovereignty Stack Framework, providing the specific technical specifications required to manage national data and communications with total institutional autonomy.

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Meet the Speakers

Onur Özen, CEO, RealTyme  

A cryptologist and technology entrepreneur passionate about privacy and digital wellbeing, Onur has led RealTyme in building a secure communications platform engineered for the post-quantum era. At Geneva Cyber Week 2026, he will address the technical reality of PQC deployment and what it means for national infrastructure resilience.

François Rodriguez, CCO, RealTyme  

Acting as Cyber Diplomat and Chief Business Officer at RealTyme, François brings deep experience at the intersection of enterprise security, geopolitical strategy, and policy. His focus will be on what the EU-Africa Digital Corridor means in practice for organisations and governments operating across both regions.

Divine Selase Kodzo Agbeti — ANCA Chairman

‍A Ghanaian cybersecurity professional and public official, Divine brings the perspective of African governments navigating the intersection of national security, digital infrastructure, and sovereign technology policy. His participation underscores the session's grounding in real governmental implementation rather than theory.

Session Details

📅 "Architecting Africa's Digital Strategic Autonomy — From Policy to Post-Quantum Implementation" 

🕑 Wednesday, May 6 · 14:00–15:00  

📍 Room 16, CICG, Geneva, Switzerland

"We are past the point of treating quantum-resilient encryption as a roadmap item. The window to act is closing — and for many organisations, it is already shorter than they realise. At Geneva Cyber Week, we intend to make that urgency impossible to ignore." — Onur Özen, CEO, RealTyme

Meet RealTyme at GCW 2026

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About RealTyme

RealTyme is a Geneva-based secure communication company building quantum-resilient infrastructure for organisations that cannot afford to compromise on privacy or security. RealTyme's platform is designed for a post-quantum world — protecting communications, data, and identities against both current and emerging threats.

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