Cybersecurity breaches remained a constant threat for African institutions in 2025, but the defining shift was visibility. Tougher breach-reporting rules, public leak tactics, and mounting financial losses stripped organisations of the ability to handle incidents quietly. From healthcare and telecoms to power utilities and tax authorities, breaches that might once have been patched and buried were forced into public view, turning cyber incidents into regulatory events, reputational crises, and, increasingly, measurable financial damage.