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About YA Foundation
YAF refers to the Yemi Ademiluyi Foundation. We focus on driving development, creating opportunities and empowering people through cybersecurity awareness, training and education.
To drive development and create opportunities by empowering people and communities through cybersecurity awareness, training and education, so that everyone can protect their information, make informed decisions and build a safer digital future.
Empowering People. Protecting Lives. Securing Futures.
In an increasingly connected world, digital safety and access to knowledge are essential. YA Foundation promotes cybersecurity awareness, training and education as part of a wider commitment to development, opportunity creation, and community empowerment.
Through awareness, training, education and community engagement, we help people make informed decisions and build safer digital habits. We connect professionals across the globe, drive knowledge sharing, and open doors to opportunity, with a strong focus on data privacy protection and information security under the Cyber Defenders Network (CDN) community programme.
Dr. Yemi Ademiluyi
Pioneer Chairman, CSEAN Lagos, and author of The Internet & YOU. He hosts and moderates the awareness sessions that carry the foundation's work into the community.
Cyber Defenders Network
Our community programme: free sessions with security practitioners, career talks, cyber quizzes and hands-on demonstrations.
How we work.
Four ways we turn knowledge into safer communities.
Awareness
Clear, plain-language information about the risks people meet online every day.
Training
Practical sessions with security practitioners, including demonstrations and cyber quizzes.
Education
Knowledge on data privacy, information security and careers in technology.
Community engagement
Outreach that meets people where they are, and connects professionals across the globe.