Divine Selase Agbeti

Divine Selase Kodzo Agbeti (born May 28, 1984) is a Ghanaian cybersecurity professional and public official who has served as the Director-General of the Cyber Security Authority (CSA) of Ghana since March 2025.

Early life and education Divine Selase Agbeti was born on May 28, 1984, in Ho, in Ghana’s Volta Region, into a family of subsistence farmers. He hails from Gbefi, a suburb of Kpando. He attended Gbefi St. Peter’s L/A Primary School, Tsito Methodist Primary School, and Tsito Old Junior High School, before completing his secondary education at Awudome Senior High School, all located in the Volta Region. After secondary school, Agbeti worked as a basic school teacher and engaged in local community activism.

Career From 2006 till exiting the British army, Agbeti served in an intelligence function.

In May 2024, he was named Head of Advisory and Cyber Security Lead at the Africa Center for Digital Transformation, a Ghana-based policy and advocacy think tank.

In March 2025, Agbeti was appointed acting Director-General of the Cyber Security Authority of Ghana, the statutory body responsible for regulating cybersecurity activities and coordinating national responses to cyber threats.

Agbeti leads Ghana’s role as Chair of the Africa Network of Cybersecurity Authorities (ANCA). The role involves regional coordination on cybersecurity policy and cooperation among African states. He assumed the role in March 2025 upon taking office as Director-General of the Cyber Security Authority and continues in this capacity following Ghana’s re-election as chair in September 2025.

In October 2025, Agbeti became chair of Ghana’s Joint Cybersecurity Committee after being sworn-in into the committee by President John Dramani Mahama. The committee coordinates national cybersecurity efforts among selected stakeholder instituitions and intelligence agencies. Under the Cybersecurity Act, 2020 (Act 1038), the Director-General of the Cyber Security Authority presides over the committee and serves as its chair.

Political involvement Agbeti is a member of the National Democratic Congress. In 2023, he contested the party’s parliamentary primaries for the Kpando Constituency in the Volta Region ahead of Ghana’s 2024 general elections. Media coverage identified the constituency as one of the competitive races in the region, with Agbeti listed among the key contenders.