Global cybercrime - indeed a cyber- tsunami that knows no boundary, or sovereignty, sweeps everything along its path - and can adversely collapse our economy, our nation’s critical infrastructures in the current digital age. How is Africa preparing for the colossal digital crime? Can we afford to wait, to be swept away? Can we afford not to be prepared – timely and adequately? We can not afford to wait and allow cybercriminals to perpetuate themselves endlessly without a formidable challenge. We must act now and create an independent African platform to fully understand the gross cyber-pandemic and proffer sustainable solutions’’