Dr Zakaria Sawadogo

Lecturer & Researcher

Dr. Zakaria Sawadogo

Cybersecurity • Artificial Intelligence • Data Science • Digital Development

Lecturer and researcher building secure, intelligent, and inclusive digital systems for institutions, communities, and Africa's digital transformation.

Publications Research CVLes médias en parlent

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Research Areas

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Publications

9

Projects

10

Students

Secure Digital Systems

Research on malware detection, cyber threat intelligence, privacy, and trustworthy AI.

Policy & Digital Development

Applied work connecting digital rights, AI governance, inclusion, and institutional transformation.

01Research interests

  • Cybersecurity & Privacy

    Threat detection, secure software engineering, Android malware analysis, and privacy-aware data systems that keep digital infrastructures resilient and trustworthy.

  • Artificial Intelligence & Data Science

    Learning systems for prediction, decision support, and automation, paired with applied analytics, forecasting, and data platforms for education, health, and administration.

  • Digital Transformation

    Digital strategy, service modernization, platform architecture, and institutional capacity building.

02Current work

Cybersecurity Resilience Toolkit

An open maturity framework and self-assessment toolkit to help public institutions across Burkina Faso and the wider West African region diagnose their cybersecurity posture and close critical gaps. The long-term ambition is to become the reference capacity-building framework for cyber resilience in the region.

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Sovereign Data Exchange for Public Services

A federated, privacy-preserving infrastructure that lets health, education, and public-service institutions collaborate on sensitive data-driven decisions without ever centralizing or exposing citizen data. Designed as foundational digital-sovereignty infrastructure for data-driven public services in Africa.

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03Service