Cybersafe Foundation and TryHackMe Partner to Strengthen Africa's Cybersecurity Talent Pipeline Through Advent of Cyber 2025
Lagos, Nigeria – 28th November 2025
CyberSafe Foundation is delighted to announce a strategic partnership with TryHackMe, a global cybersecurity training platform used by more than 6 million learners worldwide, for the highly anticipated Advent of Cyber 2025 event. This collaboration aims to deliver free, high-quality cybersecurity education to thousands across Africa while expanding access to essential technology through laptop donations for underserved learners.
A key component of the partnership is TryHackMe’s donation of laptops to CyberSafe Foundation’s Device Donation Initiative. These devices will be distributed to talented learners who lack access to the technology required to participate fully in cybersecurity training programs empowering them to develop practical skills and pursue life-changing digital careers.
The collaboration brings together two organisations dedicated to digital inclusion: TryHackMe’s mission to make cybersecurity learning accessible, practical, and fun, and CyberSafe Foundation’s commitment to equipping underserved communities especially women and youth with transformative cybersecurity and AI skills.
What is Advent of Cyber
Advent of Cyber (AoC) is TryHackMe’s annual, beginner-friendly cybersecurity event designed to introduce newcomers to the field in a fun and interactive way. Launching on 1st December, the event features 24 days of hands-on cybersecurity challenges, each unlocking a guided, step-by-step learning experience leading up to Christmas.
The event covers real-world exercises including Exploitation with cURL, Web Attack Forensics, Phishing Detection, Malware Analysis, AWS Security, Linux Command Line (CLI), SOC Alert Triage, Password Cracking, and Container Escape.
Participants will learn directly from globally recognised cybersecurity educators, including John Hammond, DayCyberwox, Unix Guy, Bearded IT Dad, Grant Collins, and others. Each challenge comes with expert walkthroughs to ensure even complete beginners can progress confidently. Over $150,000 in prizes will be awarded throughout the event.
Register for Advent of Cyber 2025
Deepening Digital Access: Why This Partnership Matters
TryHackMe selected CyberSafe Foundation as its Advent of Cyber 2025 partner because of the Foundation’s significant and sustained impact in advancing cybersecurity education across Africa, particularly among women and underserved groups.
Our collaboration is rooted in a shared foundational belief: talent exists everywhere, opportunity doesn’t. TryHackMe recognizes that through initiatives like CyberGirls, Cybersafe API Security Training, and other programs, CyberSafe Foundation is effectively equipping underserved communities and women with real digital skills and helping to close the global cyber security talent gap.
The TryHackMe Team stated: “By teaming up for Advent of Cyber, we’re turning the event into something bigger than learning: it becomes a way for our global community to actively give back. Every challenge completed, every question answered, and every room explored in Advent of Cyber contributes toward supporting CyberSafe’s work, including donating laptops to learners who have potential but lack access to technology. We believe cybersecurity education should be inclusive and global, and CyberSafe has a proven track record of empowering women and communities often left behind.”
This strategic partnership delivers tangible benefits to our community by reinforcing a shared commitment to digital inclusion, which actively eliminates socioeconomic barriers to cybersecurity education. This is achieved through the supply of laptops to high-potential individuals who lack devices, thus eliminating a major socioeconomic barrier to education.
Furthermore, the collaboration strengthens Africa’s cybersecurity talent pipeline through combined community reach and hands-on learning, creating a more secure and equitable digital future.
Learn more about CyberSafe Foundation: www.cybersafefoundation.org
Learn more about TryHackMe: www.tryhackme.com
