Theme: Adapting to Rapid Environmental Changes. Sub-theme: How Technology is Changing Private Security.
About
ASMC
A conference focused on the changing future of private security in Africa.
The African Security Management Conference brings the sector together around the environmental, technological and professional changes shaping private security...
Why Attend?
Security works better when everyone is in the room.
ASMC brings security practitioners, organizational leaders, academia, public-sector professionals and communities into one shared conversation.
Knowledge, skills & awareness
Security practitioners need knowledge, skills and environmental awareness to professionalize their careers and create greater value.
Better business protection
Business and organizational leaders need to understand the security environment to better protect their organizations and interests.
Academia meets practice
Academic experts and security practitioners need closer interaction so research and expertise remain practical and valuable to society.
Public + private alignment
Public security practitioners and their private counterparts need stronger alignment around competing security priorities.
Security is everyone's business
Communities have a role in building peaceful environments and should be active champions of peace and security.
Security is an ecosystem that requires collective responsibility. Come to learn, network, share ideas and exchange experiences.
Thematic Areas
The conversations shaping private security.
ASMC explores the technologies, skills, partnerships and governance questions redefining the private security sector across Africa.
The cyber-physical convergence
Exploring the increasingly connected relationship between physical security, digital infrastructure and emerging security technologies.
Artificial Intelligence Integration
Examining AI across intelligence, operations, corporate planning and market development.
Regulatory ecosystem
Workforce and skills shortages
Corporate security in the AI era
Strategic partnerships
Strengthening the connections between government, academia, the military and the private security sector.
Private security governance
Looking at security policy, national strategy, regulation and the wider role of private security within African security systems.
Five-Day Programme
Five days. Five major conversations.
Each conference day combines a high-level plenary with focused breakaway conversations.
High-level plenary
The Changing Private Security Landscape in Africa
Breakaway focus
- The cyber-physical convergence
- Artificial Intelligence Integration
- Regulatory ecosystem
- Workforce and skills shortages
High-level plenary
Responding to technological changes within the African private security industry
Breakaway focus
- Crafting corporate security digital plan
- Growing your market through AI
- Upgrading intelligence through AI
- Achieving security operational efficiency through AI
High-level plenary
Widening skill gap in the African private security
Breakaway focus
- Embracing the Human Machine Frontier
- Managing Corporate security in the AI era
High-level plenary
The African Private Security Strategic Partnerships
Breakaway focus
- Creating the missing link
- Government and the private sector
- Academia and the private sector
- Military & the private sector
High-level plenary
Private Security Governance
Breakaway focus
- National security policy
- National security strategy
- Private security regulation
- Private security and political process
12–16 October 2026
KCB Leadership Centre
Nairobi, Kenya