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Adigo Yakubu Attah

MSc Candidate, Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics · Nasarawa State University, Keffi

Member since August 2026

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Cybersecurity and digital forensics researcher, MSc candidate at Nasarawa State University, and Pan-Africanist advocate for age-inclusive access to opportunity. Former Digitalization Support Staff at the ECOWAS Peace Fund, where she was part of a team securing digitized institutional records- an experience that shaped her research into cybersecurity framework adoption across African and international institutions.

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What If the Door Had Been Closed? Age Ceilings, African Women, and the Opportunities We Cannot Afford to Waste.

What if one age limit had closed the door before her journey even began? Adigo traces the chain of opportunities - from a diplomatic mentorship programme to the ECOWAS Peace Fund to postgraduate cybersecurity research - that shaped her career and makes the case that African women's non-linear paths deserve age-inclusive fellowships, not arbitrary cutoffs.

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