Information and Communication Technology, Security Matters and Maritime Piracy in Contemporary Africa

Abstract

The processes of globalization have severe implications for the social State;
national governance and security matters, inter alia: the resurgence of maritime piracy in contemporary Africa. Maritime piracy is the step-child of the failure of weak, failing and the failed States’ inability to fulfill its traditional role and quintessential functions of security provision. Worsened by the processes of globalization, discontentment in the form of militancy and social unrest on the part of the alienated and marginalized individuals, and especially with respect to existential realities, have coalesced to unleash violence and organized crime in the form of maritime piracy. It was the contention and findings of this study that the resurgence and rise of this phenomenon is directly connected to the processes of globalization as well as the States’ failure in Africa. It is with respect to this scenario that this study proffers some robust recommendations to address some of the threats posed by maritime piracy to the continent’s overall security architecture.